The Price of Coal Is Currently $80 Per Ton and the Interest

question 155

Multiple Choice

The price of coal is currently $80 per ton and the interest rate is 10 percent per year.If next year's expected price is $86 per ton,a firm that owns 1,000 tons of coal

• A) will sell all its coal now.
• B) will sell none of its coal now but will sell it all next year regardless of the price next year.
• C) will sell none of its coal now but might sell it all next year.
• D) will sell half of the coal today and half of it next year.
• E) might or might not sell the coal today, depending on the price the firm paid for the coal.

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