Economics 10a Chapter 13: Chapter 13 - The Costs of Production

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What are costs? industrial organization: the study of how firms" decisions about prices and quantities depend on the market conditions they face economists assume that a goal of a firm is to maximize profit total revenue: amount that firm receives for the sale of its output total cost: amount that firm pays to buy inputs profit: total revenue total cost explicit costs: input costs that require an outlay of money by the firm (ex: supply and labor costs) implicit costs: input costs that do not require an outlay of money by the firm (ex: costs of opportunities that are given up) total cost is the sum of explicit and implicit costs accountants would not include and record implicit costs economic profit: total revenue minus total cost (explicit and implicit) accounting profit: total revenue minus total explicit cost economic profit smaller than accounting profit.

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