Externalities are
A) unimportant matters that can be ignored as we use a commons.
B) other commons beside the commons we are using at the time.
C) effects that a user of the commons is not forced to pay at the time.
D) effects that are gradually absorbed by the commons until they entirely disappear.

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Externalities are costs or benefits that affect third parties who did not choose to incur those costs or benefits. In the context of a commons, they are effects that a user does not pay for, such as pollution.

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