Implicit vs Explicit Costs
If Sarah’s bakery generates $120,000 in annual revenue, she has an accounting profit of $38,400 ($120,000 – $81,600). However, her economic profit is actually negative $7,200 ($120,000 – $127,200), meaning she’s economically worse off running the bakery than pursuing alternative opportunities. In this case, while the startup shows a healthy accounting profit, the economic profit […]