Question

When SW International declared a dividend of $20,000,000, its market value increased from $8 billion to $8.5 billion. However, it lost a chance to reinvest $20,000,000 in the research and development of a new product which would have earned a profit of $200 million. Thus, this $200 million is referred to as SW International's 1) producer surplus 2) consumer surplus 3) opportunity cost. 4) social cost

Answer 1

When SW International declared a dividend of $20,000,000, its market value increased from $8 billion to $8.5 billion. However, it lost a chance to reinvest $20,000,000 in the research and development of a new product which would have earned a profit of $200 million. Thus, this $200 million is referred to as SW International's-This is the Opportunity cost of the S.W international

Explanation:

The term opportunity cost refer to the profit  that is given up to achieve another thing.

Lets consider the example in this we can analyse the fact that SW international made an alternative choice of declaring the dividend rather than utilizing the money in R&D for a new project .Thus the amount $20,000,000 is forgone in order to achieve the $ 85 million market value.

Thus the $200 million is referred to as the Opportunity Cost.