Ben cartwright runs the wild west wax museum in carson city, nevada. the museum has been in business for 40 years and is a major tourist attraction. the total value of themuseum's capital stock is $3.5 million, which ben owns outright. this year, the museum earned a total of $1.4 million after out-of-pocket expenses. without taking the opportunitycost of capital into account, this means that ben is earning a 40 percent return on his capital. suppose that risk-free bonds are currently paying a rate of percent to those whobuy them. 6what is meant by the "opportunity cost of capital"?

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Houston Kelley

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4 September, 22:24

Ben cartwright runs the wild west wax museum in carson city, nevada. the museum has been in business for 40 years and is a major tourist attraction. the total value of themuseum's capital stock is $3.5 million, which ben owns outright. this year, the museum earned a total of $1.4 million after out-of-pocket expenses. without taking the opportunitycost of capital into account, this means that ben is earning a 40 percent return on his capital. suppose that risk-free bonds are currently paying a rate of percent to those whobuy them. 6what is meant by the "opportunity cost of capital"?

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Dominik Bailey · Answer 1

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The implicit cost of capital

Implicit cost of capital is the opportunity cost of capital which is already incurred but not reported as a separate cost/expense, Implicit cost is the cost which results from using an existing asset instead of selling or renting it.

For example when a businessman uses his/her existing land which has implicit cost of say $1000 per month but bought it for say $100 many years ago, so $1000 is its implicit cost/current market rent per month which is equal to its oppo