Implicit Costs

question 293

Multiple Choice

Implicit costs

• A)do not require an outlay of money by the firm.
• B)do not enter into the economist's measurement of a firm's profit.
• C)are also known as variable costs.
• D)are not part of an economist's measurement of opportunity cost.

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