Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · Factors of production

Factors of production — practice question

A fashion model earns $500 000 a year. If the highest-paid alternative job he could obtain is a teaching position paying $100 000 a year, what are his transfer earnings and his economic rent?

  • Atransfer earnings $0; economic rent $400,000
  • Btransfer earnings $100,000; economic rent $400,000
  • Ctransfer earnings $400,000; economic rent $0
  • Dtransfer earnings $400,000; economic rent $100,000

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