Joe quits his computer programming job, where he was earning a salary of $70,000 per year, to start his own computer software business in a building that he owns and was previously renting out for $20,000 per year. In his first year of business he has the following expenses: salary paid to himself, $45,000; rent, $0; and other expenses, $40,000. Find the accounting cost and the economic cost associated with Joe's computer software business. (Enter numeric responses using an integer.) The accounting cost of Joe's business is $. (Enter your response as an integer.)

Joe quits his computer programming job, where he was earning a salary of $70,000 per year, to start his own computer software business in a building that he owns and was previously renting out for $20,000 per year. In his first year of business he has the following expenses: salary paid to himself, $45,000; rent, $0; and other expenses, $40,000. Find the accounting cost and the economic cost associated with Joe's computer software business. (Enter numeric responses using an integer.) The accounting cost of Joe's business is $. (Enter your response as an integer.)

Managerial Economics: Applications, Strategies and Tactics (MindTap Course List)

14th Edition

ISBN:9781305506381

Author:James R. McGuigan, R. Charles Moyer, Frederick H.deB. Harris

Publisher:James R. McGuigan, R. Charles Moyer, Frederick H.deB. Harris

Chapter8: Cost Analysis

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