Suppose you currently earn $40,000 a year. You are considering a job that will increase your lifetime earnings by $400,000 but that requires an MBA. The job will mean also attending business school full time for two years at an annual cost of $50,000. You already have a bachelor’s degree, for which you spent $150,000 in tuition. Which of the above information is relevant to your decision on whether to take the job? What is the opportunity cost of going to school to study MBA? Should you take the job? [Note: You will need to get the MBA]

Suppose you currently earn $40,000 a year. You are considering a job that will increase your lifetime earnings by $400,000 but that requires an MBA. The job will mean also attending business school full time for two years at an annual cost of $50,000. You already have a bachelor’s degree, for which you spent $150,000 in tuition. Which of the above information is relevant to your decision on whether to take the job? What is the opportunity cost of going to school to study MBA? Should you take the job? [Note: You will need to get the MBA]

Microeconomics: Principles & Policy

14th Edition

ISBN:9781337794992

Author:William J. Baumol, Alan S. Blinder, John L. Solow

Publisher:William J. Baumol, Alan S. Blinder, John L. Solow

Chapter3: The Fundamental Economic Problem: Scarcity And Choice

Section: Chapter Questions

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