Burton's Explicit Cost's

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Chap1 Solution of 1st Homework 1. a. Total explicit cost = $793,000 (= 555,000 + 45,000 + 28,000 + 165,000) Total implicit cost = $190,000 (= 175,000 + 0.15 ( 100,000) Total economic cost = $983,000 (= 793,000 + 190,000) b. Accounting profit = $177,000 (= 970,000 – 793,000) c. Economic profit = –$13,000 (= 970,000 – 983,000) d. The owner’s accounting profit is $13,000 less than what he could have earned in salary and return on investment of his $100,000, i.e., his economic profit is –$13,000. Thus, he would have made $13,000 more if he had kept his job and invested his $100,000 in stocks of other businesses. 3. a. Burton's explicit cost's are $18,000 per month. His implicit costs are $20,000 per month ($15,000 + $5,000). b. Opportunity cost = explicit + implicit costs = $18,000 + 20,000 = $38,000 per month c. Burton Cummings’ costs of production (= $38,000/month) exceed his revenues by $13,000 (= 38,000 – 25,000). Rather than lose $13,000 per month, Burton could rent his rig (and receive $15,000 per month) and drive trucks for another firm (and earn $5,000 per month). With this use of his resources he would earn $20,000 per month. Or, Burton could try his luck as a singer in a rock band. 6. a. Some Marriott franchises are shirking their responsibility to maintain high quality hotels, and this shirking damages the reputation of all Marriott franchises. b. Poorly run franchises damage the Marriott reputation and reduce the profitability of hotels owned by Marriott. c. Where there is little repeat business, there is less incentive for a hotel to provide quality service. Where there is a lot of repeat business, franchises will have an incentive to maintain quality to attract repeat

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