Profit-maximizing extraction companies will attempt to:

A. extract resources as quickly as possible.
B. delay extraction as long as possible.
C. find rates of extraction that maximize the flow of profits over time.
D. extract resources at a constant rate every year to minimize price fluctuations.


Answer: C

Economics

You might also like to view...

The behavior of firms is best understood by focusing on

a. money profit b. economic profit c. accounting profit d. economic profit minus implicit costs e. money profit minus explicit costs

Economics

Which of the following is the most liquid asset?

A) season tickets to the Yankees' games B) the cash that your Aunt Ursula stuffs in her mattress C) a $5,000 6-month certificate of deposit (time deposit) D) one hundred shares of IBM stock

Economics

In a market for emission permits, firms that emit below their allowed limits

A) will buy even more allowances through a trading system. B) are taxed by the government for the amount of emissions. C) receive a subsidy for the amount of emissions. D) will sell their excess allowances through a trading system.

Economics

If Canada goes from a large budget deficit to a small budget deficit, it will

a. increase private saving and so shift the supply of loanable funds right. b. increase investment and so shift the demand for loanable funds right. c. increase public saving and so shift the supply of loanable funds right. d. reduce national saving and shift the supply left.

Economics