If Jason Were Offered a Job as an Accountant at $30,000

question 62

Multiple Choice

If Jason were offered a job as an accountant at $30,000 and a job as a running back for the Oakland Raiders at $300,000,and he would have been willing to accept the latter even if it paid as little as $50,000,he would be receiving economic rent of

• A)$30,000.
• B)$50,000.
• C)$250,000.
• D)$300,000.

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