Brian lives in San Francisco and runs a business that sells guitars. In an average year, he receives $704,000 from selling guitars. Of this sales revenue, he must pay the manufacturer a wholesale cost of $404,000; he also pays wages and utility bills totaling $286,000. He owns his showroom; if he chooses to rent it out, he will receive $3,000 in rent per year. Assume that the value of this showroom does not depreciate over the year. Also, if Brian does not operate this guitar business, he can work as an accountant, receive an annual salary of $20,000 with no additional monetary costs, and rent out his showroom at the $3,000 per year rate. No other costs are incurred in running this guitar business. Identify each of Jake's costs in the following table as either an implicit cost or an explicit cost of selling guitars.
Implicit Cost Explicit Cost
The wholesale cost for the guitars that Charles pays
the manufacturer.
The wages and utility bills that Charles pays.
The salary Charles could earn if he worked as an accountant.
The rental income Charles could receive if he chose to rent
out his showroom .
Complete the following table by determining Jake's accounting and economic profit of his guitar business.
Profit (Dollars)
Accounting Profit
Economic Profit
If Jake's goal is to maximize his economic profit, he___stay in the guitar business because the economic profit he would earn as an accountant would be___.