1. A. Harold Hotelling forecast that someday the oil industry would come to an end. For the interim period, in between his time and the end of oil, what were Hotelling's expectations for (i) consumers, (ii) oil production investors, and (iii) oil prices? B. Marion King Hubbard forecast that the oil industry would continue to expand, and then shrink. What reasoning did Marion King Hubbert use to form his expectations? C. Contrary to the forecast of Harold Hotelling, today's global oil output is greater than ever. Nevertheless, what have top Middle East oil exporting nations do to apply Hotelling's expectations into their own national oil export policies?

1. A. Harold Hotelling forecast that someday the oil industry would come to an end. For the interim period, in between his time and the end of oil, what were Hotelling's expectations for (i) consumers, (ii) oil production investors, and (iii) oil prices? B. Marion King Hubbard forecast that the oil industry would continue to expand, and then shrink. What reasoning did Marion King Hubbert use to form his expectations? C. Contrary to the forecast of Harold Hotelling, today's global oil output is greater than ever. Nevertheless, what have top Middle East oil exporting nations do to apply Hotelling's expectations into their own national oil export policies?

Managerial Economics: Applications, Strategies and Tactics (MindTap Course List)

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ISBN:9781305506381

Author:James R. McGuigan, R. Charles Moyer, Frederick H.deB. Harris

Publisher:James R. McGuigan, R. Charles Moyer, Frederick H.deB. Harris

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