Question

Bubba is a shrimp fisherman who could earn $5,000 as a fishing tour guide. Instead, he is a full-time shrimp fisherman. In calculating the economic profit of his shrimp business, the $5,000 that Bubba gave up is counted as part of the shrimp business's:________.

a. total revenue.
b. explicit costs.
c. implicit costs.
d. marginal costs.

Answer 1

Implicit cost

Step-by-step explanation:

Implicit costs are referred as the opportunity costs that are associated with the selection of a particular activity. Opportunity costs are defined as the benefits that are foregone or sacrificed for selecting some other alternative.

In our case, Bubba is choosing shrimp fisherman over the other alternative of working as a fishing tour guide where he could earn an income $5,000. Hence, the amount of money income foregone from working as a fishing tour guide is the implicit cost in this case.