If property rights are weak or uncertain, resource extraction will tend to:

A. occur faster than the rate that would maximize the long-run stream of profits.
B. occur slower than the rate that would maximize the long-run stream of profits.
C. occur at the rate that would maximize the long-run stream of profits.
D. stop.

Answer: A

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