Reserve asset values and the "hotelling valuation principle"

The Hotelling Valuation Principle, that the in-situ value of a mineral unit equals the current net price, is a special case of a more general relation. Tested against a set of recent Canadian sales of oil and gas reserves, the HVP is strongly rejected. The method permits also a demonstration that pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Adelman, Morris Albert, Watkins, G. C.
Format: Working Paper
Published: MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/50175