Under Perfect Competition, the Price of a Depletable Resource Whose

question 76

Multiple Choice

Under perfect competition, the price of a depletable resource whose cost of extraction is not changing must rise at

• A)the same rate as the increase in GDP.
• B)the same rate as the increase in consumer prices.
• C)the same rate as the rate of interest.
• D)a rate higher than the increase in the rate of interest.

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