correction

送交者: Enlighten 于 2008-04-23, 21:51:37:

Some confusions about 机会成本:

The 机会成本 in your definition is called opportunity cost.

The 机会成本 xunzheng talked about is actually opportunity loss.

That's why opportunity cost is the payoff of the 2nd best choice, but the opportunity loss is the difference between the best and your choice.

他说的可是“你买低价票的机率” - eng (50 bytes) 2008-04-23, 22:06:02 (220904)
- the reference point is full-price - Enlighten (152 bytes) 2008-04-23, 22:12:36 (220910)
  - I can see what you mean but this computation doesn't make sense - eng (424 bytes) 2008-04-23, 22:32:37 (220922)
    - the opportunity loss happens only in the following scenario: - Enlighten (496 bytes) 2008-04-23, 22:42:00 (220926)
      - 你的书背得真好。可惜不管用。 - james_hussein_bond (276 bytes) 2008-04-23, 22:49:34 (220927)
        
        last time you claimed Nobel prize was BS too. - Enlighten (213 bytes) 2008-04-23, 22:56:30 (220928)
        
        You got it backwards. If the guy doesn't get the discount, he doesn't fly. - james_hussein_bond (47 bytes) 2008-04-23, 23:00:03 (220930)
        
        if all seats were sold, of course there's not opportunity loss. - Enlighten (168 bytes) 2008-04-23, 23:04:33 (220931)
        
        False premise - james_hussein_bond (337 bytes) 2008-04-24, 06:38:44 (220947)
        
        you mixed up two types of consumers. - Enlighten (397 bytes) 2008-04-23, 23:15:10 (220935)
        
        Gosh, you're slow. - james_hussein_bond (154 bytes) 2008-04-23, 23:10:36 (220933)
寻正文章里的应该叫机会损失，而不是机会成本。 (无内容) - Enlighten (0 bytes) 2008-04-23, 21:57:03 (220893)