Positive externalities

ex·ter·nal·i·ty (

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n. pl. ex·ter·nal·i·ties

1. The condition or quality of being external or externalized.

a. Something that is external.

b. An incidental condition that may affect a course of action: "Our economic system treats environmental degradation as an externality

a cost that does not enter into the conventional arithmetic that determines how we use our resources" (Barry Commoner).

externality [ˌɛkstɜːˈnælɪtɪ]

n pl -ties

1. the state or condition of being external

2. something external

3. (Philosophy) Philosophy the quality of existing independently of a perceiving mind

4. (Economics) an economic effect that results from an economic choice but is not reflected in market prices

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Noun

externality - the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior; "the outwardness of the world"

outwardness

worldliness - concern with worldly affairs to the neglect of spiritual needs; "he disliked the worldliness of many bishops around him"

spatial relation, position - the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated; "the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage"

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exteriority inwardness outwardness position spatial relation worldliness	Academics, for example, emphasize the positive externalities from education and use those claims to justify government support, but the evidence for such externalities is modest. Should alcohol taxes be raised? Alcohol tax rates have fallen by half ... by Parry, Ian W.H. / Regulation The emerging network interdependencies, fostered by the major positive externalities that have been recognized by the industry''s professionals, have created new systems of distribution where the seller is at the same time the buyer and the processor of the requested information. The New Trend in International Development by Kadence Buchanan / Business community The two most common justifications for the current government involvement in the student loan market are the existence of a market failure and positive externalities that make the privately funded level of educational attainment socially sub-optimal (Patrinos, 2000; Poterba, 1996). The market failure for student loans by Carver, Andrew B. / Journal of Private Enterprise	positif position position angle position audit position defense position effect Position finder Position micrometer position paper positionable positional positional defense positional notation positional representation system positioner positioning positive positive charge positive chemotaxis positive control positive correlation Positive crystals positive degree positive discrimination Positive electricity Positive externalities Positive eyepiece positive feedback positive fraud positive identification positive identification and radar advisory zone Positive law positive magnetic pole Positive motion positive muon positive phase of the shock wave Positive philosophy positive polarity positive pole positive prescription Positive quantity positive reinforcer positive reinforcing stimulus Positive rotation Positive sign positive stimulus positive vetting positively positively charged positiveness positivism	Positive electricity positive electrode positive electron positive electron Positive element Positive Emitter Coupled Logic Positive Enable System Positive Encounter Tactical System Positive end expiratory pressure Positive end expiratory pressure positive end-expiratory pressure positive end-expiratory pressure positive end-expiratory pressure positive end-expiratory pressure positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) Positive Enemy Indication Positive Energy Activates Constant Elevation Positive Energy Always Corrects Errors Positive Environments, Network of Trainers positive estuary positive eugenics positive eugenics positive eugenics Positive Evidence Positive Example-Based Learning Positive Expiratory Pressure Positive Expiratory Pressure Device Positive externalities Positive externality Positive externality Positive eyepiece positive fact Positive Factor 1 Positive False Discovery Rate Positive Family History positive feedback positive feedback positive feedback Positive feedback loop Positive feedback loop Positive feedback loop Positive Feedback Regulatory System Positive Feedback Source Coupled Logic Positive Financial Impact Positive float Positive Force Positive Force Advisory Group positive fraud Positive Frequencies-White Noise positive friendly identification Positive functional Positive Fusional Vergence positive gene control positive glow Positive Group Velocity Positive Health Program Positive Healthy Impact Training

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exteriority
inwardness
outwardness
position
spatial relation
worldliness

Academics, for example, emphasize the positive externalities from education and use those claims to justify government support, but the evidence for such externalities is modest.

Should alcohol taxes be raised? Alcohol tax rates have fallen by half ... by Parry, Ian W.H. / Regulation

The emerging network interdependencies, fostered by the major positive externalities that have been recognized by the industry''s professionals, have created new systems of distribution where the seller is at the same time the buyer and the processor of the requested information.

The New Trend in International Development by Kadence Buchanan / Business community

The two most common justifications for the current government involvement in the student loan market are the existence of a market failure and positive externalities that make the privately funded level of educational attainment socially sub-optimal (Patrinos, 2000; Poterba, 1996).

The market failure for student loans by Carver, Andrew B. / Journal of Private Enterprise