Yakov lives in Miami and runs a business that sells guitars. In an average year, he receives $723,000 from selling guitars. Of this sales revenue, he must pay the manufacturer a wholesale cost of $423,000; he also pays wages and utility bills totaling $267,000. He owns his showroom; if he chooses to rent it out, he will receive $2,000 in rent per year. Assume that the value of this showroom does not depreciate over the year. Also, if Yakov does not operate this guitar business, he can work as a financial advisor, receive an annual salary of $20,000 with no additional monetary costs, and rent out his showroom at the $2,000 per year rate. No other costs are incurred in running this guitar business.
Identify each of Paolo's costs in the following table as either an implicit cost or an explicit cost of selling guitars.
a. The salary Paolo could earn if he worked as a financial advisor
b. The wages and utility bills that Paolo pays
c. The wholesale cost for the guitars that Paolo pays the manufacturer
d. The rental income Paolo could receive if he chose to rent out his showroom