Dane decides to give up a job earning $200,000 per year as a corporate lawyer and converts a duplex he owns into a UFO museum. The market rent for a…

1. Dane decides to give up a job earning $200,000 per year as a corporate lawyer and converts a
duplex he owns into a UFO museum. The market rent for a similar duplex is $20,000 a year. He
pays wages of $75,000 a year to his assistants and $10,000 a year for utilities. Fans flock to the
museum to see his collection of extraterrestrial paraphernalia. Over the course of the year, the
museum brings in revenues of $200,000.
Use the information above to answer the following questions. [Hint: ignore that value of Dane’s
extraterrestrial paraphernalia]
a. Calculate Dane’s accounting profits [5 points]
b. Calculate Dane’s economic profits [5 points]
c. Based on the performance of the museum in this one year, should Dane have quit his job as
a corporate lawyer? Briefly explain why or why not. [5 points]
2. Suppose an assistant professor of economics is earning a salary of $75,000 per year. One day,
she quits her job, sells $100,000 worth of bonds that had been earning her 3 percent per year,
and uses the funds to open a bookstore. At the end of the year, she shows an accounting profit
of $80,000. What is her economic profit? [show all your work] [5 points]