Gomez runs a small pottery firm He hires one helper at 11000

Gomez runs a small pottery firm. He hires one helper at $11,000 per year, pays annual rent of $6,000 for his shop, and spends $22,000 per year on materials. He has $40,000 of his own funds invested in equipment (pottery wheels, kilns, and so forth) that could earn him $4,500 per year if alternatively invested. He has been offered $17,000 per year to work as a potter for a competitor. He estimates his entrepreneurial talents are worth $3,500 per year (input cost for organizing resources). Total annual revenue from pottery sales is $70,000. Calculate the accounting profit and the economic profit for Gomez’s pottery firm.

Accounting profit = $

Economic profit = $

Solution

Accounting costs = Helper cost + Annual rent + materials = $(11,000 + 6,000 + 22,000) = $39,000

Accounting profit = Revenue - Accounting cost = $(70,000 - 39,000) = $31,000

Implicit costs = Interest from savings foregone + earning from alternative job + entrepreneurial talent

= $(4,500 + 17,000 + 3,500) = $25,000

Economic profit = Accounting profit - Implicit costs = $(31,000 - 25,000) = $6,000