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Different economists have different views about what events are the sources of market failure. Mainstream economic analysis widely accepts that a market failure (relative to Pareto efficiency) can occur for three main reasons: if the market is " monopolised " or a small group of businesses hold significant market power, if production of the good or service results in an externality (external costs or benefits), or if the good or service is a " public good ".