The Price of an Exhaustible Resource Sold in a Perfectly

question 181

Multiple Choice

The price of an exhaustible resource sold in a perfectly competitive market in which technology and consumer preferences do not change over time will tend to

• A)stay constant over time.
• B)always equal the price of the closest substitute for that resource.
• C)fall over time.
• D)rise over time.

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Ecosystem Level

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Exosystem Level

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Microsystem

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Macrosystem Level

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