--%>

Interest-rate cost

A profit-maximizing firm must not undertake a R&D project for which the: 1) Expected rate of return exceeds its interest-rate cost of funds. 2) interest-rate cost of funds exceeds the expected rate of return. 3) expected returns are in the distant future. 4) the expected returns, though potentially very large, are uncertain.

   Related Questions in Microeconomics

  • Q : Labor Unions Strikes-Limiting the

    Can someone please help me in finding out the accurate answer from the following question. The word regular unionized employees apply to non-union workers who get jobs with firms whenever the unionized employees strike for maximum wages and enhanced working conditions

  • Q : International demand or supply affected

    Sixty Chinese manufacturers have started producing generic staplers. Since each factory is very small to noticeably influence the international demand or supply for staplers, every firm is: (1) a cartelized seller. (2) a price taker. (3) a primary goo

  • Q : Downward-sloping demand curve The law

    The law of demand is graphically demonstrated by: (1) Movement all along the supply curve. (2) The downward-sloping demand curve. (3) The rightward shift of demand curve. (4) Shifting of production possibilities. C

  • Q : Pure competitors or perfect competitors

    The price makers in a purely competitive market are: (i) pure competitors or perfect competitors. (ii) producers of capital goods. (iii) pure oligopolies. (iv) monopolistic competitors.  (v) pure monopolies. H

  • Q : Resource of supply curve The resource

    The resource probably to conform to the supply curve demonstrated in this figure would be: (1) housing. (2) capital. (3) labor. (4) land. (5) entrepreneurship.

    Q : Illustration of total revenue and

    The Square-Wheeled Locomotive, the last passenger train to Flatland, Iowa, wants more total revenue. When passengers’ demands for tickets are comparatively price elastic, in that case the railroad must: (1) raise the price, but lower this when d

  • Q : When is short run profit maximized

    Short-run profit is maximized only while: (w) economic profit > accounting profit. (x) total cost = total revenue. (y) MC = MR (greater than minimum AVC). (z) costs are minimum or revenue is maximum. How can I s

  • Q : Price of a Financial Asset When the

    When the price of a financial asset of price $10,000 and the interest rate is 10 percent, investment is NOT justified for: (w) a perpetuity paying $1,000 annually. (x) an asset paying respectively as $5,000, $4,000, a

  • Q : Demand and supply influences

    Changes in both demand and supply of a commodity might or might not influence its equilibrium price. Describe.

  • Q : Monopsony Power and the Demand for Labor

    Can someone help me in finding out the right answer from the given options. The labor monopsonist will hire labor up to a point where marginal: (1) Revenue product of the labor equivalents the wage. (2) Resource cost of labor equivalents the wage. (3) Revenue product