. Firm owned by investor (not involved in day to day
management) who invested $500,000
$ Profit: $150,000/year
Best alternative: 12% in portfolio of stocks and bonds, i.e would
have had 560,000 end of year. What is the economic profit?
Invested amount = $500,000
Profit earned = $150,000
The investors could have invested the amount in portfolio of stocks and bonds and would have earned $560,000.
So,
By investing in the firm, investors have foregone $60,000 to be earned through investment in stocks and bonds.
This is the implicit cost of investing in the firm.
Calculate the economic profit -
Economic profit = Profit earned from investing in the firm - Implicit cost of investing in the firm
Economic profit = $150,000 - $60,000
Economic profit = $90,000
Thus,
The economic profit is $90,000.
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