Question

Neville is a lawyer at a large law firm where he earns a salary of $170,000 per year. He is thinking of leaving the firm to set up his own law office. To do this, he would need to invest $140,000 of his savings, which currently earns 5% in interest each year. He estimates that if he starts a law office, his annual revenue will be $510,000, and his explicit financial costs will be $300,000. How much would Neville earn in economic profits or losses if he starts his own law office

Answer 1

$33,000

Step-by-step explanation:

Economic profit = accounting profit - implicit cost

Accounting profit= total revenue - explicit cost

Explicit cost includes the amount expended in running the business. They include rent , salary and cost of raw materials

Implicit cost is the cost of the next best option forgone when one alternative is chosen over other alternatives

Accounting profit = $510,000 - $300,000 = $210,000

Implicit costs = amount he would forgo as salary in the large law firm and interest he would lose on his investment

Interest he would lose on his investment = 0.05 x 140,000 = $7000

Implicit cost = $170,000 + $7000 = $177,000

Economic profit = $210,000 - $177,000 = $33,000