Economic depreciation 2729981 206219514 2008-04-17T11:16:24Z 218.103.132.145 /* See also */ In [[economics]] and [[accounting scholarship|accounting]], ''economic depreciation'' is seen as the change in the ''market'' value of [[capital (finance)|capital]] over a given period. It is calculated as the market price of the capital at the beginning of the period minus its market price at the end of the period. Such a method in calculating depreciation differs from other methods, such as [[depreciation#accounting|straight-line depreciation]] in that it is included in the calculation of [[implicit cost]], and thus [[economic profit]]. ==See also== * [[Implicit cost]] * [[Economic profit]] {{economics}} {{microeconomics-stub}} [[Category:Microeconomics]]