Types of Proft

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  • Created on: 18-01-13 15:22
What is profit?
What is left when all expenses have been deducted from the firm's income or total revenue - the difference between revenue and costs
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Normal Profit
The level of profit that keeps a firm in a particular activity
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Supernormal profit
Profit that is more than normal profit
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Features of markets with supernormal profits
Monopolistic ones in the short term, monopolies in the long term; likely to attract new firms to the industry - must be able to show this on a diagram
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What does the level of profit depend on?
The firms objectives; the market structure - i.e. level of competition; economic 'climate'
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Normal Profit

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The level of profit that keeps a firm in a particular activity

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Supernormal profit

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Features of markets with supernormal profits

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What does the level of profit depend on?

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