Reference no: EM131954050
1. Dane decides to give up a job earning $200,000 per year as a corporate lawyer and converts a duplex he owns into a UFO museum. The market rent for a similar duplex is $20,000 a year. He pays wages of $75,000 a year to his assistants and $10,000 a year for utilities. Fans flock to the museum to see his collection of extraterrestrial paraphernalia. Over the course of the year, the museum brings in revenues of $200,000. Use the information above to answer the following questions. [Hint: ignore that value of Dane's extraterrestrial paraphernalia]
a. Calculate Dane's accounting profits
b. Calculate Dane's economic profits
c. Based on the performance of the museum in this one year, should Dane have quit his job as a corporate lawyer? Briefly explain why or why not.
2. Suppose an assistant professor of economics is earning a salary of $75,000 per year. One day, she quits her job, sells $100,000 worth of bonds that had been earning her 3 percent per year, and uses the funds to open a bookstore. At the end of the year, she shows an accounting profit of $80,000. What is her economic profit? [show all your work]
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