A Positive Externality Results When

question 155

Multiple Choice

A positive externality results when

• A) economists are sure that a good or service provides benefits to consumers.
• B) someone pays for a good or service even though she is not directly affected by the production or consumption of it.
• C) when people who live in one country benefit from the production of a good or service that occurs in another country.
• D) people who are not directly involved in producing or paying for a good or service benefit from it.

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Definitions:

Dendrites

Branch-like extensions of neurons that receive signals from other neurons and conduct them toward the cell body.

Axons

Long, slender projections of nerve cells (neurons) that conduct electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body.

Synaptic Cleft

The small gap at the junction between neurons, through which neurotransmitters are released to transmit signals from one neuron to another.

Neuron

A specialized cell transmitting nerve impulses; a nerve cell.