A Brazilian employer offers its employees a choice between taking a lump-sum distribution of pension or a

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A Brazilian employer offers its employees a choice between taking a lump-sum distribution of pension or a pension annuity for 25 years when they retire. The choice for one employee is between accepting an immediate lump-sum payment of \(\mathrm{R} \$ 750,000\) or a \(\mathrm{R} \$ 60,000\) annuity. What is the break-even personal discount rate at which the employee would be indifferent between the two options? Would the employee take the lump-sum payment if the discount rate was 5\%? 

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Microeconomics

ISBN: 9781292215624

8th Global Edition

Authors: Jeffrey Perloff

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