Economics A-Level
Economic profit
What Economic profit means in Economics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Economic profit
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The true profit of a firm, determined by total costs that include both explicit accounting costs and implicit opportunity costs.
Topics that use Economic profit
- Profit (AQA A-Level)
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