Over Longer Periods of Time, Increases in Oil Prices Provide

question 231

Multiple Choice

Over longer periods of time, increases in oil prices provide firms with incentives to explore and recover oil.What does this indicate about the long-run price elasticity of supply for oil?

• A)The elasticity coefficient is likely to be higher in the long run than in the short run.
• B)The elasticity coefficient is likely to be lower in the long run than in the short run.
• C)The elasticity coefficient approaches 0 in the long run as supplies are depleted.
• D)The elasticity coefficient is unstable in the long run because oil supplies may be depleted.

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Definitions:

Discount Rate

The interest rate used to discount future cash flows of a financial instrument back to their present value, thus helping to determine the potential value of an investment.

Straight-Line Depreciation

A method of allocating an asset's cost evenly throughout its useful life.

MACRS

Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System; a method of depreciation applied in the United States that allows businesses to recover investments in certain property over a specified life.

Opportunity Costs

The cost of forgoing the next best alternative when making a decision, representing the benefits that could have been received.