alleryStart learning →The most prominent example given of a positive externality is:
AOverfishing
BTechnology
CPollution
DCongestion
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Technology
1. A positive externality benefits people beyond the parties to the transaction.
2. Technology may be the most prominent example of a positive externality.
3. It is explicitly noted as not being the only one.
4. Pollution, congestion and overfishing are negative externalities instead.
_Source: OpenStax Principles of Microeconomics for AP(R) Courses 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 13 'Positive Externalities and Public Goods', sections 13.1-13.4_
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