Table 52.2 Profit at Babette’s Cajun Café

Case 1Case 2
Revenue$100,000$100,000
Explicit cost60,00060,000
Depreciation5,0005,000
Accounting profit35,00035,000
Implicit cost of business
Income Babette could have earned on capital used in the next best way3,0003,000
Income Babette could have earned as a chef in someone else’s restaurant34,00030,000
Economic profit−2,000+2,000