Question

Bob lives in San Diego and runs a business that sells boats. In an average year, he receives $793,000 from selling boats. Of this sales revenue, he must pay the manufacturer a wholesale cost of $430,000; he also pays wages and utility bills totaling $301,000. He owns his showroom; if he chooses to rent it out, he will receive $15,000 in rent per year. Assume that the value of this showroom does not depreciate over the year. Also, if Bob does not operate this boat business, he can work as a financial advisor, receive an annual salary of $50,000 with no additional monetary costs, and rent out his showroom at the $15,000 per year rate. No other costs are incurred in running this boat business.

Identify each of Charles's costs in the following table as either an implicit cost or an explicit cost of selling guitars.

a. The wages and utility bills that Charles pays
b. The wholesale cost for the guitars that Charles pays the manufacturer
c. The rental income Charles could receive if he chose to rent out his showroom
d. The salary Charles could earn if he worked as a financial advisor

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Explicit Costs refers to costs that involve an immediate outlay of cash from the business and it is recorded and reported to the management.

Implicit Cost refer to the cost which the company had foregone while employing the alternative course of action and is neither recorded nor reported to the management of the company.

a. The wages and utility bills that Charles pays

Identification: Explicit Cost

b. The wholesale cost for the guitars that Charles pays the manufacturer

Identification: Explicit Cost

c. The rental income Charles could receive if he chose to rent out his showroom

Identification: Implicit Cost

d. The salary Charles could earn if he worked as a financial advisor

Identification: Implicit Cost