34. Thirty-year Treasury bonds typically have a higher yield to maturity than two-year Treasurybonds due toa. default riskb. government deficitsc. interest rate riskd.the cost of issuing long-term Treasury bonds35. The liquidity premium theory of the term structure is different from the expectations theoryof the term structure because it includesa. a risk premiumb.default riskc. a portfolio of AAA and BBB bond yieldsd.differences between the yields on AAA bonds and BBB bonds

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