Economic Profit

Introduction

An economist and an accountant were talking about the accounts of a company.

Task

Task 1: Revenue and cost information for one year for firms A, B and C.

Task 2: Using AC to show different profit and loss situations.

 

Process

How do economists measure profit?

How do firms maximize profits?

Do businesses have objectives other than profit maximization?

Do they always behave rationally?

Evaluation

consider the impact of a company on others and the environment.

Conclusion

In HL Paper 3, you may be asked to calculate marginal cost, marginal revenue, average cost, average revenue and/or profit from a set of data.

Credits

Paper 1 HL 10 marks; 15 marks

Teacher Page

Profit calculation