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Title: Why is the price of a scarce exhaustible resource in a competitive market above the marginal cost of ...
Post by: Mairoon on Oct 19, 2017
Why is the price of a scarce exhaustible resource in a competitive market above the marginal cost of providing a unit of the resource?


Title: Re: Why is the price of a scarce exhaustible resource in a competitive market above the marginal ...
Post by: Tyforumca on Oct 19, 2017
Because the resource is scarce, the owner receives a rent. The addition of the rent increases the price above the marginal cost of providing the resource.


Title: Re: Why is the price of a scarce exhaustible resource in a competitive market above the marginal cost of ...
Post by: Mairoon on Aug 14, 2018
Thanks. This is just start. ;)