An example of someone bearing the burden of a negative production externality would be
A) Jess's roommate smokes and she doesn't.
B) Taylor living downwind from a smelly feedlot where pigs are raised.
C) Lyn's neighbours play loud music late at night.
D) All of these are examples of a negative production externality.
E) None of these is an example of a negative production externality.

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Taylor living downwind from a smelly feedlot where pigs are raised is an example of a negative production externality because the smell from the feedlot is a byproduct of the pig raising production and Taylor bears the burden of having to endure the unpleasant smell without having any control over it.

An Example of Someone Bearing the Burden of a Negative