Profit – normal, supernormal (abnormal) and subnormal Flashcards
(14 cards)
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