A Middle Eastern Country Has an Oil Reserve That It

question 143

Multiple Choice

A Middle Eastern country has an oil reserve that it can extract for a profit of $60 a barrel today, $65 a barrel in two years, $70 a barrel in three years, and $75 in four years. The current market rate of interest is 7 percent. When should this country tap into its oil reserve to obtain the most profit per barrel in present value terms?

• A)two years
• B)three years
• C)four years
• D)today

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