The Calculated Cost of Trade Credit for a Firm That

question 66

True/False

The calculated cost of trade credit for a firm that buys on terms of 2/10, net 30, is lower (other things held constant) if the firm pays in 40 days than if it pays in 30 days.

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Positive Economic Profits

Earnings that exceed the total costs, including both the explicit and implicit costs of a business.

Expand

To increase the scale, scope, or size of something, often used in the context of business growth or economic expansion.

Increasing-cost Industry

An industry in which production costs increase as output expands, often due to scarce resources or rising input prices.

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The condition in which all factors of production can be adjusted, leading to a situation where no firm in the industry wishes to change its output.