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Chapter 12, Problem 2QAP

a)

To determine

To Explain: The importance of spending on research and development with growth in focus and how the necessity and quality of research impacts on the moneys spent.

b)

To determine

To Explain: The impact of an international treaty that secures a nation’s patents on the appropriability and fertility of R&D spending in the long run.

c)

To determine

To Explain: The impact of tax credits received on every dollar spent on R&D on the appropriability and fertility of R&D spending in the long run.

d)

To determine

To Explain: The impact of a decline in government funded conferences among academic and corporate bodies on the appropriability and fertility of R&D spending in the long run.

e)

To determine

To Explain: The impact of eliminating the patent rights of medical drugs that are breakthrough in nature on the appropriability and fertility of R&D spending in the long run.

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