Journal Article Optimal Depletion of an Uncertain Stock Get access Richard J. Gilbert Richard J. Gilbert University of California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Review of Economic Studies, Volume 46, Issue 1, January 1979, Pages 47–57, https://doi.org/10.2307/2297171 Published: 01 January 1979 Article history Received: 01 July 1976 Accepted: 01 May 1977 Published: 01 January 1979