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externality

impact on any party not involved in a given economic transaction or act
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externality

Summary

externality has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • externality is a type of effect[2].
  • externality is a type of public policy failure[3].
  • externality's Commons category is recorded as Externality[4].
  • externality's facet of is recorded as control system[5].
  • externality's facet of is recorded as economic system[6].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include effect[2] and public policy failure[3].

Why It Matters

externality has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] externality is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 21d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0241380-externality
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0241380-externality, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259662|batch #259662]]"
  2. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → control system, economic system
    Local thumb → —
    Subclass of → effect, public policy failure
    Aliases → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 38693, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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