The Optimal Amount of R&D Spending for the Firm Occurs

question 21

True/False

The optimal amount of R&D spending for the firm occurs where its expected return is equal to the interest-rate cost-of-funds to finance it.

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Principle Of Diminishing Marginal Utility

The proposition that each successive unit of a good or service consumed adds less to total utility than did the previous unit.

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