Fundamentals Of Corporate Finance, 9th Edition
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ISBN: 9781260052220
Author: Richard Brealey; Stewart Myers; Alan Marcus
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 11, Problem 2QP
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To discuss: The way person X interprets the investments in long-term bonds that produces a negative return in 1977-1981 and whether the bond investors are estimated to earn a negative maturity premium in 1977.
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To discuss: The result of 5 year bond tells about normal future maturity premium.
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