Profit – normal, supernormal (abnormal) and subnormal Flashcards
Explicit costs of production
TFC, TVC
Implicit costs of production
opportunity cost
Economic profit considers both
implicit and explicit costs
Accounting profit considers
explicit costs
0 profit =
normal profit
> 0 profit =
supernormal (abnormal) profit
<0 profit =
subnormal profit
Subnormal if
the opportunity good of production would have made more profit than the good that was produced
Supernormal if
this good A that was produced would have had more revenue than the next best alternative
Normal profit =
profit required to keep factors of production in the same use - AR = AC
Supernormal profit =
any profit made above the normal profit - AR> AC
Subnormal profit =
any profit made below the normal point - AR< AC
Stay open if
Covering variable costs
shut down points
Short run - when price is below AVC
Long run - when price is below AC