Question

Suppose an industry earns a rate of return of 10%, which is twice as high as that of competitive industries, 5%. How much is the price overcharge of that industry, if its capital is valued at half its annual revenue

Answer 1

Let us assume that both the industries are having an investment of $100,000

The profit of the given industry which is having 10% rate of return will be $100,000 * 10% = $10,000

The other industry which is having the Rate of return of 5% will earn a profit of $100,000 * 5% = $5000.

As the capital is just half of the revenue, it signifies that the total revenue will be $200,000 . So the same value of $10,000 will be 5% of the total revenue. On the other hand, $5,000 would be 2.5% of total revenue.

Thus, the first stated industry will charge 2.5% more than the other industry.