Accounting costs is the correct term. Most micro textbooks contain a
discussion of the difference between accounting and economic costs.
Alex
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--- Francois-Rene Rideau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What is the right technical name for what I call "accounting cost"?
These are often called "explicit costs" in contrast to "implicit costs".
Fred Foldvary
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Classical liberal authors such as Bastiat or Mises teach us that
the costs that matter (or should matter) to people who take decisions
are the opportunity costs of that decision -- i.e.
the relative costs/benefits of the many options open to choice --,
as opposed to "accounting costs", that describ
