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Explicit Costs

Explicit Costs are direct, out-of-pocket payments made by a firm for inputs purchased from others.

These include wages, rent, and raw material expenses that involve actual cash transactions and are recorded in accounting records. They are part of both accounting and economic profit calculations.

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