ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

ECONOMICS

DECISION MAKING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is opportunity cost?
A
your choice
B
what you give up to make a choice
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -What is the simple definition of opportunity cost? Opportunity cost is the value of what you lose when choosing between two or more options. Every choice has trade-offs, and opportunity cost is the potential benefits you’ll miss out on by choosing one direction over another.

Detailed explanation-2: -Opportunity Cost is the benefit foregone related to the alternative choice when a decision is made. In other words, an opportunity cost is the regret you anticipate from not taking another option.

Detailed explanation-3: -Opportunity cost refers to what you have to give up to buy what you want in terms of other goods or services. When economists use the word “cost, ” we usually mean opportunity cost. The word “cost” is commonly used in daily speech or in the news.

Detailed explanation-4: -“Opportunity cost is the value of the next-best alternative when a decision is made; it’s what is given up, ” explains Andrea Caceres-Santamaria, senior economic education specialist at the St. Louis Fed, in a recent Page One Economics: Money and Missed Opportunities.

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