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Unlike implicit costs, explicit costs
a.reflect opportunity costs
b.include the value of the owner’s time
c.are not included in the accounting statement of the firm
d.are actual cash payments
e.do not change with the output rate of the firm
132. Ed Van Zaig is considering opening a sushi bar. To do so, he would have to quit his
current job, which pays $20,000 a year, and use a building that he owns and currently
rents to his brother for $6,000 a year. His costs at the sushi bar would be $50,000 for food
and $2,000 for gas and electricity. What are his explicit costs?
a.$26,000
b.$66,000
c.$78,000
d.$52,000
e.$72,000
133. Ed Van Zaig is considering opening a sushi bar. To do so, he would have to quit his
current job, which pays $20,000 a year, and use a building that he owns and currently
rents to his brother for $6,000 a year. His costs at the sushi bar would be $50,000 for food
and $2,000 for gas and electricity. What are his implicit costs?
a.$26,000
b.$66,000
c.$78,000
d.$52,000
e.$72,000
134. Ed Van Zaig is considering opening a sushi bar. To do so, he would have to quit his
current job, which pays $20,000 a year, and take over a store building he owns and
currently rents for $6,000 a year. His costs at the sushi bar would be $50,000 for food
and $2,000 for gas and electricity. What is the minimum revenue he must earn per year in
order for it to be worth his while to open his sushi bar?
a.$26,000
b.$66,000
c.$78,000
d.$52,000
e.$72,000
135. Two friends, Diane and Stan, own and run a bar. Diane tends bar on Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday and receives a wage in addition to tips. Stan tends bar on
Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday and receives only tips. Which of the following
represents an implicit cost of operating the bar?
a.Diane’s wage
b.Stan’s time
c.Diane’s tips
d.Stan’s tips
e.both Diane’s and Stan’s tips
136. Economic profit is a key term in economics and is defined as total revenue
a.plus total cost
b.minus marginal cost
c.minus variable cost
d.minus total cost
e.minus fixed cost
137. Suppose Ernie gives up his job as a financial advisor for pets, for which he earned $30,000
per year, to open up a store selling spot remover to Dalmatians. He invested $10,000 of
his savings, which had been earning 5 percent interest. This year’s revenues in the new
business were $50,000 and explicit costs were $10,000. Calculate Ernie’s economic
profit.
a.$10,000
b.$50,000
c.$20,000
d.$40,000
e.$9,500
138. In perfect competition, an economic profit can be earned
a.only in the long run
b.only if the firm is efficient
c.only in the short run
d.never
e.always
139. The goal of any monopolist is to maximize
a.economic profit
b.normal profit
c.price
d.efficiency
e.output
140. A monopoly
a.can increase the price and increase output at the same time
b.can charge any price it wants and still sell all of its output
c.can sell any output it produces provided it accepts the market price
d.must lower the price in order to increase output
e.faces a perfectly elastic demand curve
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