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Economic cost can best be defined as
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a payment that must be made to obtain and retain the services of a resource.
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normal profit is
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the return to the entrepreneur when economic profits are zero.
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Economies of scale are indicated by
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the declining segment of the long-run average total cost curve.
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Which of the following is most likely to be a variable cost?
real estate taxes
fuel and power payments
rental payments on IBM equipment
interest on business loans
real estate taxes
fuel and power payments
rental payments on IBM equipment
interest on business loans
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fuel and power payments
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Marginal cost is the
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change in total cost that results from producing one more unit of output
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Suppose that, when producing 10 units of output, a firm's AVC is $22, its AFC is $5, and its MC is $30. This firm's
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total cost $270
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Accounting profits equal total revenue minus
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total explicit costs
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The following is cost information for the Creamy Crisp Donut Company.
Entrepreneur's potential earnings as a salaried worker = $50,000
Annual lease on building = $22,000
Annual revenue from operations = $380,000
Payments to workers = $120,000
Utilities (electricity, water, disposal) costs = $8,000
Value of entrepreneur's talent in the next best entrepreneurial activity = $80,000
Entrepreneur's forgone interest on personal funds used to finance the business = $6,000
Creamy Crisp's total economic costs are
Entrepreneur's potential earnings as a salaried worker = $50,000
Annual lease on building = $22,000
Annual revenue from operations = $380,000
Payments to workers = $120,000
Utilities (electricity, water, disposal) costs = $8,000
Value of entrepreneur's talent in the next best entrepreneurial activity = $80,000
Entrepreneur's forgone interest on personal funds used to finance the business = $6,000
Creamy Crisp's total economic costs are
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$286,000. (normal not economic)
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The following is cost information for the Creamy Crisp Donut Company.
Entrepreneur's potential earnings as a salaried worker = $50,000
Annual lease on building = $22,000
Annual revenue from operations = $380,000
Payments to workers = $120,000
Utilities (electricity, water, disposal) costs = $8,000
Value of entrepreneur's talent in the next best entrepreneurial activity = $80,000
Entrepreneur's forgone interest on personal funds used to finance the business = $6,000
Creamy Crisp's explicit costs are
Entrepreneur's potential earnings as a salaried worker = $50,000
Annual lease on building = $22,000
Annual revenue from operations = $380,000
Payments to workers = $120,000
Utilities (electricity, water, disposal) costs = $8,000
Value of entrepreneur's talent in the next best entrepreneurial activity = $80,000
Entrepreneur's forgone interest on personal funds used to finance the business = $6,000
Creamy Crisp's explicit costs are
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$150,000.
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Diseconomies of scale arise primarily because
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of the difficulties involved in managing and coordinating a large business enterprise.
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Normal profit is
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the return to the entrepreneur when economic profits are zero.
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The short run is characterized by
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fixed plant capacity
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Implicit and explicit costs are different in that
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the former refer to nonexpenditure costs and the latter to monetary payments.
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in the long run
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all costs are variable
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Average fixed cost
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declines continually as output increases
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fixed cost is
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a cost that does not change, no matter how much of a good is produced
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Accounting profits equal total revenue minus
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total explicit costs
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Suppose a firm is in a range of production where it is experiencing economies of scale. Knowing this, we can predict that
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a 10 percent increase in all inputs will increase output by more than 10 percent.
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The following is cost information for the Creamy Crisp Donut Company.
Entrepreneur's potential earnings as a salaried worker = $50,000
Annual lease on building = $22,000
Annual revenue from operations = $380,000
Payments to workers = $120,000
Utilities (electricity, water, disposal) costs = $8,000
Value of entrepreneur's talent in the next best entrepreneurial activity = $80,000
Entrepreneur's forgone interest on personal funds used to finance the business = $6,000
Creamy Crisp's economic profit is
Entrepreneur's potential earnings as a salaried worker = $50,000
Annual lease on building = $22,000
Annual revenue from operations = $380,000
Payments to workers = $120,000
Utilities (electricity, water, disposal) costs = $8,000
Value of entrepreneur's talent in the next best entrepreneurial activity = $80,000
Entrepreneur's forgone interest on personal funds used to finance the business = $6,000
Creamy Crisp's economic profit is
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94,000