Glossary
Chapter 23: Profit Maximization
accounting measure of costs the direct costs that can be measured accounting profit total revenue less total costs except for the opportunity cost of capital adding value creating output that is more valuable than the resources used to create the output debt loans economic costs total costs including explicit costs and the full opportunity costs of the resources that the producer does not buy or hire but already owns economic profit total revenue less total costs including all opportunity costs equity shares of stock negative economic profit total revenue that is less than total costs when total costs include all opportunity costs normal accounting profit zero economic profit positive economic profit total revenue that is greater than total costs when total costs include all opportunity costs price maker a firm that sets the price of the product it sells zero economic profit the result when total revenue equals total costs where total costs include all opportunity costs
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