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Normal Profits
Normal profits represent the minimum return on investment that a firm must pay to its shareholders to persuade them to hold their shares. This rate of return is equivalent to the opportunity cost of capital and is treated as part of the firm's total costs. When a firm's revenue is exactly equal to its total costs (including normal profits), it is said to be earning normal profits, which corresponds to an economic profit of zero.
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