The Key to Optimally Managing Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources Is

question 274

Multiple Choice

The key to optimally managing renewable and nonrenewable resources is to design incentive structures that

• A) reduce the costs of production to the lowest possible level.
• B) increase the benefits from production to the highest possible level.
• C) weigh the net benefits of current use with the net benefits of future use.
• D) add the net benefits of current use to the net benefits of future use.

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