A Market Transaction Causes an Externality If Someone

question 183

Multiple Choice

A market transaction causes an externality if someone

• A) directly involved in the transaction receives uncompensated benefits or costs from it.
• B) not directly involved in the transaction receives uncompensated benefits or costs from it.
• C) directly involved in the transaction seeks legal assistance to ensure that the transaction is carried out.
• D) not directly involved in the transaction interferes in it by imposing regulations or product standards.

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Definitions:

Legal Liability

The responsibility imposed by law to compensate for or rectify any harm, loss, or damage one's actions or decisions have caused to others.

Sales Taxes

These are taxes imposed by governments on the sale of goods and services.

Sick Pay

Compensation paid by employers to employees during periods when they are unable to work due to illness.

Cumulative Preferred Stock

Cumulative preferred stock is a type of preferred stock that accumulates dividends in case of non-payment in any period, requiring these dividends to be paid out before any dividends to common stockholders.