Corporate Finance (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)
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ISBN: 9780077861759
Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Jeffrey Jaffe, Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 25, Problem 10CQ
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To explain: The cash flow that will occur as a result of the swap.
Interest Rate Swap:
Swapping the interest rate helps the companies by allowing them to exchange their interest payments at the decided amount for a mutually agreed period of time. It is done to hedge towards adverse interest rate movements and to get a balance between fixed and variable debt.
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Corporate Finance (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)
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