The Hotelling Principle States That

question 54

Multiple Choice

The Hotelling Principle states that

• A)hotels tend to be built next to major highways.
• B)equilibrium in natural resource markets occurs when the expected increase in the price of the resource over time is equal to the interest rate.
• C)the resource will be depleted at a rate equal to the rate of interest.
• D)natural resources should be depleted only for the production of goods that would help maintain environmental quality.
• E)we should conserve nonrenewable natural resources.

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