The difference between explicit costs and implicit costs

A. is that explicit costs are short-run costs and implicit costs are long-run costs.
B. is that explicit costs involve resources that are purchased and implicit costs involve resources the firm already owns.
C. is that explicit costs are opportunity costs while implicit costs are not.
D. is that implicit costs are the difference between explicit costs and opportunity costs.


Answer: B

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