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The phrase "a negative externality" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in economics to describe a situation where a third party is adversely affected by an economic transaction or activity.
Example: "The factory's pollution is considered a negative externality, as it harms the health of nearby residents who are not involved in the production process."
Alternatives: "an adverse external effect" or "a detrimental externality".
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Carbon emissions represent a negative externality.
This extra cost is a negative externality.
Production exploits a natural resource and involves a negative externality.
In effect, job losses caused by a regulation constitute a negative externality of that governmental action.
They skim the best business deals, creating a "negative externality" on those who are not party to them.
For Milanović, the idea was novel because "it treats inequality as having a negative externality like taxing carbon emissions".
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In an extreme example, a factory produces goods that create $1 trillion in profits but imposes a $100 negative externality on a neighboring business.
It is important we see over-leveraging for what it is: a large negative externality that society has been forced to support.
The emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases is a classic negative externality — the "biggest market failure the world has ever seen," in the words of Nicholas Stern, the author of a report on the subject for the British government.
However, we argue that riparian margin plantings are an important ecological infrastructure investment that needs to be captured within a wider policy framework, the benefits of which extend beyond the mitigation of a single negative externality generated by land use practices, such as nutrient loss, and contribute to a multifunctional landscape.
Additionally, this assessment also provides a necessary step in evaluating the invasive potential of bioenergy crops, which present a possible negative externality to the bioeconomy.
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