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1. Mining has negative externalities
2. The social cost of putting up a dam is reduced if the government ensures that the communities adversely affected are relocated in another area with sustainable sources of livelihood
3. Fireworks display during Christmas sponsored by an agency has both positive and negative externalities.
4. When a public space has been enclosed for a concert and people can only get in by buying tickets, the public space is no longer a public good that is non-rival and non-exclusive.
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