Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

Externalities are the incidental effects that the activities or actions of one party have on another party. Positive externalities occur when the actions of a person or entity have a positive impact ...

Wine growers everywhere fear spring frosts. New vine buds emerge in the spring and are highly susceptible to freezing temperatures which can kill them and result in significant crop loss for the year.

…You decide: I’m on my home from work tonight and pass a youngish guy (probably late 20s/early 30s) dressed casually (either a blazer or a leather jacket and what looked like jeans). As I pass him, he ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) addresses negative externalities with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) ...

Al Gore and David Blood’s op-ed “ESG Investing Is Consistent with Fiduciary Duty” (Nov. 9) includes two examples that highlight the best way to handle externalities, the economic term for costs ...

In this model, well-being depends on leisure, on an environmental renewable resource, and on a non-storable output, which can substitute for the environmental resource or can satisfy needs different ...