This book provides strong empirical evidences that support the Hotelling model of the exploitation of nonrenewable natural resources. It consists of three chapters addressing issues related to the behavior of the in-situ price, market price and the optimal extraction rate of nonrenewable natural resources. Exploiting the theoretical Hotelling model with technological progress and stock effect, the first chapter develops an empirical framework to estimate and evaluate the in-situ price of nonrenewable natural resources using average extraction cost data as proxy for marginal cost. The Second...