According to the Economics of Exhaustible Resources, If the Interest

question 96

Multiple Choice

According to the economics of exhaustible resources, if the interest rate increases,

• A) an exhaustible resource will be used up sooner.
• B) an exhaustible resource will be used up over a longer period of time.
• C) the period of time until an exhaustible resource is used up will not change.
• D) none of the above

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