Unit 2: Elasticity, Consumer Choice, Costs

Lesson 7a: Economic Profit and the Production Function

Key Formulas

 

accounting profit

 acct. profit = total revenues - explicit costs

 

economic profit

econ. profit = total revenue - (expicit costs + implicit costs)

 

marginal product (MP)

 MP = TP / Qres

 

average product (AP)

 AP = TP / Qres

 

 

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Lesson 7a