Question

Victor is the recipient of $1 million from a lawsuit. Victor decides to use the money to purchase a small business in Florida. His business operates in a perfectly competitive industry. If Victor would have invested the $1 million in a risk-free bond fund, he could have earned $100,000 each year. After he bought the small business, Victor quit his job as a market analyst with Research, Inc., where he used to earn $75,000 per year.
At the end of the first year of operating his new business, Victor’s accountant reported an accounting profit of $150,000. What was Victor’s economic profit?
a. -$150,000
b. -$50,000
c. -$25,000
d. $25,000

What is Victor’s opportunity costs of operating his new business?
a. $25,000
b. $75,000
c. $100,000
d. $175,000

How large would Victor's accounting profits need to be to allow him to attain zero economic profit?
a. $100,000
b. $125,000
c. $175,000
d. $225,000

Answer 1

Answer:

Economic profit = -$25,000    option c

Opportunity cost = $175,000  option d

Accounting profit to allow for zero economic profit = $175,000 Option c

Explanation:

Economic profit is the difference between revenue and implicit cost. Implicit cost is the sum of out-of-pocket accounting cost and opportunity cost.

opportunity csot is the value of the benefit sacrificed in favour of a decision.

Economic profit = Accounting profit - opportunity cost

Opportunity cost for victor includes

1. The $100,000 per year which he would have earned had he invested the  money in a bond

2. The annual salary of $75000 he forfeited

Total opportunity cost = 100,000 + 75,000= $175,000

Economic profit = 150,000 -175,000 = -$25,000

To attain an economic profit of zero , the accounting profit ought to be the same at the opprotunity cost of $175,000

Economic profit = -$25,000    option c

Opportunity cost = $175,000  option d

Accounting profit to allow for zero economic profit = $175,000 Option c