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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 ...

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THE logic behind congestion pricing—tolling roads to maintain free-flowing traffic conditions—is pretty straightforward. When a driver enters a road space, he receives some benefit (the mobility ...

Consumption, production, and investment decisions of individuals, households, and firms often affect people not directly involved in the transactions. Sometimes these indirect effects are tiny. But ...

IF YOUR friends and family get fat, chances are you will too, researchers report in a startling new study that suggests obesity is ‘socially contagious’ and can spread easily from person to person. Is ...

This article examines the accident externality from driving in terms of loss probability and severity by using a unique individual-level data set with more than 3 million observations from Taiwan. Two ...

CONSUMPTION, production, and investment decisions of individuals, households, and firms often affect people not directly involved in the transactions. Sometimes these indirect effects are tiny. But ...

The architecture of securities clearing and settlement in the United States creates an externality: investors do not always bear the full cost of settlement risk for their trades and can impose some ...