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"?

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