Multiple Choice
Assume that interest rates on 15-year noncallable Treasury and corporate bonds with different ratings are as follows:
The differences in rates among these issues were most probably caused primarily by:
A) Tax effects.
B) Default risk differences.
C) Maturity risk differences.
D) Inflation differences.
E) Real risk-free rate differences.
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