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Negative externalities
Negative externalities occur when production and/or consumption impose external costs on third parties outside of the market for which no appropriate compensation is paid. This causes social costs to exceed private costs.
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Behind the Counter: Should Vapes Be Hidden Like Cigarettes?
28th August 2024
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Venice introduces peak-time tourist tax for access to the city
26th April 2024
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Will the UK government introduce a vape tax?
27th February 2024
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Government Intervention - Price Cap for Online Slot Machines to be cut
22nd February 2024
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Externalities - Dealing with the Mountain of Waste on Everest
10th February 2024
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Disposable vapes to be banned for children's health
30th January 2024
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New Kahoot Quizzes on Market Failure
13th December 2023
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Externalities - Economics of Nuisance Tourism
12th November 2023
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1.3.2 Externalities (Edexcel)
Study Notes
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1.3.2 Negative Externalities (Edexcel A-Level Economics Teaching PowerPoint)
Teaching PowerPoints
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UK councils call for total ban on disposable vapes by 2024
16th July 2023
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Public Bads
Study Notes
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The UK Hand Car Wash Market
13th February 2023
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New Zealand legislates to ban cigarettes for future generations
15th December 2022
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Negative externalities - UK nuclear waste cleanup operation could cost £260bn
25th September 2022
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UK government attempts to defend their record on sewage discharges
6th September 2022
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Key Diagrams - Negative Consumption Externalities
Topic Videos
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Key Diagrams - Negative Production Externalities
Topic Videos
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Externalities & Market Failure (Quizlet Revision Activity)
Quizzes & Activities
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Market Failure (Quizlet Revision Activity)
Quizzes & Activities
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Externalities - No country met WHO air quality standards in 2021
24th March 2022
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Government intervention - Paris announces car ban for central districts
23rd February 2022
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Negative Externalities - Peruvian Fish Industry causes a stink
23rd January 2022
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Externalities - The Human Cost of Marine and Traffic Pollution
7th January 2022
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Welfare Loss from Negative Production Externalities
Topic Videos
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Sugar Tax (Student Essay)
Practice Exam Questions
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COP26 - Coca-Cola’s 100 Billion Bottle Problem
31st October 2021
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Externalities and the Supply Crunch
8th September 2021
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Teaching Actvity: The Economics Gallery (Externalities)
Teaching Activities
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Pollution, falling birth rates and increased mortality
17th July 2016
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Evaluating air pollution as a public hazard
19th December 2016
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Externalities - Gold mining in Ghana hurts farm productivity
20th December 2016
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Natural Capital - The Battle for Biodiversity
26th December 2016
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Toxic Diesel Fumes Prompt Calls for Control
6th January 2017
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Finland aims to be tobacco free by 2040
28th January 2017
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Taiwanese farmers switch to generating clean energy
10th February 2017
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EU approves overhaul of emissions trading
15th February 2017
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The External Cost of Nurdles
17th February 2017
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Positive Externalities (Revision Presentation)
Teaching PowerPoints
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Market Failure & Government Intervention (Revision Presentation)
Teaching PowerPoints
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Economics of Market Failure Revision Quiz
Quizzes & Activities
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Negative Externalities (Revision Presentation)
Teaching PowerPoints
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Production and Consumption Externalities (Revision Presentation)
Teaching PowerPoints
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De-Merit Goods (Revision Presentation)
Teaching PowerPoints
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Colour Coded AS Micro Answer - Potash Mining
Exam Support
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What are Externalities?
Topic Videos
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Pollution Taxes and Negative Externalities
Topic Videos
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What are Negative Externalities?
Topic Videos
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Negative Externalities and Market Failure
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Regulations to address Negative Externalities
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Introduction to Market Failure
Study Notes
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Social Costs: The high price of salmon farming
15th September 2020
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Externalities - Turning the Tide on Waste
15th December 2020
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Pollution Permits and Carbon Trading (Online Lesson)
Online Lessons
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How to stop plastic getting into the ocean
1st May 2020
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Minimum Prices (Online Lesson)
Online Lessons
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Indirect Taxes Introduction (Online Lesson)
Online Lessons
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Market Failure and Government Intervention - Head Start activity
Quizzes & Activities
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Indirect Taxes Evaluation (Online Lesson)
Online Lessons
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Externalities of Pandemics
Topic Videos
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Negative Externalities and Indirect Taxes
Topic Videos
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Think tank urges increase price of alcohol in supermarkets.
13th September 2019
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Externalities of Festivals - Is there a case for a new tent tax?
30th August 2019
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Production and Consumption Externalities
Topic Videos
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Indirect Taxes (Government Intervention)
Study Notes
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Economics of Legalising Cannabis
Topic Videos
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Negative Externalities (Application Videos)
Study Notes
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The positive returns from cutting food waste
14th February 2019
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A Malaysian town smothered by rubbish
14th February 2019
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The Environmental Impact of the UK Fashion Industry
2nd February 2019
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UK Plastic bag charge set to be doubled to 10p
27th December 2018
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Externalities: Air pollution is the new tobacco
21st December 2018
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Chief Medical Officer calls for extended sugar and salt bans
21st December 2018
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Optimum “health tax” for meat calculated
8th November 2018
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Fracking returns to the UK
16th October 2018
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Government floats ban on energy drinks for under-18s
30th August 2018
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Tourist Overload and Rational Choice Theory
24th August 2018
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Are disposable BBQs fuelling deforestation?
23rd July 2018
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Benefits and Costs of Economic Growth
Study Notes
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De-Merit Goods
Study Notes
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Externalities - the 4 Key Diagrams
Study Notes
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Positive Externalities
Study Notes
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Government Failure
Study Notes
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Economic Growth - Disadvantages
Study Notes
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Negative Externalities
Study Notes
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Thailand afflicted by mountains of electronic waste
1st July 2018
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Barcelona introduces greater regulation on Airbnb
7th June 2018
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Sugar Taxes
Topic Videos
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Corporate responses to social issues
10th April 2018
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Diesel ban approved for German cities
27th February 2018
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Latte Levy - a surcharge for use of takeaway paper cups
5th January 2018
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Waitrose bans sale of energy drinks to under-16s
4th January 2018
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China bans imports of plastic waste
2nd January 2018
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Plastic Planet - An Economic and Human Crisis
30th December 2017
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Negative externalities: The growing mountain of electronic waste
26th December 2017
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Externalities - What a photo!
11th December 2017
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Seven charts that explain the plastic pollution problem
10th December 2017
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Brazil’s contaminated river Doce
12th November 2017
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How will we deal with all of the world’s rubbish?
31st October 2017
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Government regulates stakes on fixed-odds machines
31st October 2017
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De-Merit Goods
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How do you clear out a fatberg?
16th October 2017
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How Junk Food is Transforming Brazil
21st September 2017
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What can be done about problem gambling?
1st September 2017
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Pollution breaches by farmers on the rise
23rd August 2017
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Rising Obesity in OECD Countries
13th August 2017
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Travel Tax plan to fund better roads in the UK
16th July 2017
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Unintended Consequences in Development Economics
5th July 2017
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Tackling 4 Million Deaths a Year from Air Pollution
19th April 2017
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Does taxing people's rubbish work?
21st March 2016
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Beyond the Bike - photos of the week
18th March 2016
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Market failure and government intervention - revision resource
18th March 2016
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Air pollution may be harming your fantasy league ranking!
9th March 2016
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Economic damage of polluted waterways in Bangladesh
6th March 2016
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Brighton's Smart Sugar Initiative
2nd March 2016
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The power of drug cartels
5th February 2016
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Market Failure: 8 resources on Market Failure
18th January 2016
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Surge in minicabs increases journey times
14th January 2016
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Tobacco firms launch a legal challenge against plain packaging
10th December 2015
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Market for ivory - prices, market failure and black markets
4th December 2015
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Climate Change Summit - a chance for some Quantitative Methods!
30th November 2015
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VW and government failure
24th November 2015
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Flood defences and the Public Goods debate
7th January 2014
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E-waste in West Africa
7th November 2014
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Obesity - A Global Economic Issue
24th December 2014
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Russia consider vodka price caps
25th December 2014
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Deaths from air pollution
22nd February 2015
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Mining for Polyhalite in a National Park
25th May 2015
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De-Merit Goods - Banning Legal Highs
30th May 2015
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Costs and benefits – mercury emissions from burning coal
13th July 2015
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China struggles to limit environmental impact of growth
23rd July 2015
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Externalities - A Toxic Disaster in Colorado
13th August 2015
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London Housing Rent Crisis - More Controls Needed?
20th August 2015
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Kicking the Habit - Smoking Rates Increasing in 40 Countries
5th September 2015
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Zambia's River of Acid
14th September 2015
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Tobacco tax increase is urged
12th October 2015
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Pollution externalities - haze in Indonesia
12th October 2015
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Costing the Earth
15th October 2015
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Assessing the predicted impact of climate change
13th November 2015