drug company is deciding how much to invest in Research and Development into finding a cure stomach cancer. The table below shows the company’s demand for financial capital for R&D of this drug, based on its expected rates of return from selling the drug.  Every investment has an additional 4% social return: that is, an investment that pays at least a 5% return to the drug company will create at least a 9% return for society as a whole.   Estimated Rate of Return_____________________ Value of R&D Projects That Provide at Least This High a Private Rate of Return to the Drug Company (measured in millions of dollars)

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A drug company is deciding how much to invest in Research and Development into finding a cure stomach cancer. The table below shows the company’s demand for financial capital for R&D of this drug, based on its expected rates of return from selling the drug.  Every investment has an additional 4% social return: that is, an investment that pays at least a 5% return to the drug company will create at least a 9% return for society as a whole.

 

Estimated Rate of Return_____________________ Value of R&D Projects That Provide at Least This High a Private Rate of Return to the Drug Company (measured in millions of dollars)

 

10%        $220

9%          $228

8%          $238

7%          $250

6%          $264

5%          $280

4%          $298

3%          $308

 

If the opportunity cost of financial capital for the drug company falls from 7% to 5%, the drug company will invest                more in R&D if it receives only the private benefits of this investment.

 
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