Learn › Economics glossary › When markets fail

Economics glossary · When markets fail

Private benefit

What private benefit means in economics, as one of private, external and social benefit, with an example and a question to test yourself.

Definition
Private benefit
Private benefits are the part of the benefit of a good that goes to the buyer or the seller themselves.
Example

Can you think of an example of private benefit?

Test yourself

Can you name the three kinds of benefit on an externality diagram?

Learn it properly: the module

Related terms