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 is 7%, the drug company will invest          in R&D if it receives only the private benefits of this investment.

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A drug company is deciding how much to invest in Research and Development into finding a cure for diabetes. The table below shows the company’s demand for financial capital for R&D based on its expected rates of return from selling the cure. Every investment provides 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 is 7%, the drug company will invest          in R&D if it receives only the private benefits of this investment.

 

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$308

 

$264

 

$250

 

$228

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