Peggy-Sue's cookies are the best in the world, or so I hear. She has been offered a job by Cookie Monster, Inc., to come to work at $160,000 per year. Currently, she is producing her own cookies, and she has revenues of $250,000 per year. Her costs are $80,000 for labor, $22,000 for rent, $40,000 for ingredients, and $5,000 for utilities. She has $300,000 of her own money invested in the operation, which, if she leaves, can be sold for $35,000 that she can invest at 20 percent per year. a. Calculate her accounting and economic profits.

Accounting profit $103,000

Economic profit(loss here) is -$64,000

She should rather take the job at Monster Inc as she is not enjoying an economic profit

Explanation:

In this question, we are asked to calculate the economic and accounting profits for Peggy-sue’s cookies. We proceed as follows;

Accounting profit(I.e profit without opportunity cost) = 250,000 - 80,000 - 22,000 - 40,000 - 5,000 = $103,000

The Economic profit(profit with opportunity cost) = Accounting Profit - opportunity cost

Let’s calculate the opportunity cost;

Opportunity cost = 160,000( her salary I’d she was working with Monster Inc) + 35,000 * 20%( her investment if she leaves the company) = 160,000 + 7,000 = 167,000

Her Economic Profit = 103,000 - 167,000 = -64 000( a loss in this case)

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