Question

Nick is working for an advertising firm making $60,000 per year but considers starting his own advertising company. Nick has determined that to launch the business, he needs to invest $100,000 of his own funds. The annual cost of running the business will include $50,000 for the rent of the office space, $180,000 for employee wages, and $8,000 for materials and utilities. Nick plans to manage the business, which means that he will have to quit his current job. Suppose that the interest rate (or rate of return) on investments in the economy is 6%.
Nick's total implicit cost per year is _____.
Nick's total cost per year is _____.

Answer 1

Answer:

$66,000

$304,000

Explanation:

The computation is shown below:

Total implicit cost is

= Job left cost + forgone the return on investment

= $60,000 + $100,000 × 6%

= $60,000 + $6,000

= $66,000

And, the total cost is

= explicit cost + implicit cost

= $50,000 + $180,000 + $8,000 + $66,000

= $304,000

We simply applied the above formulas so that the correct values could come