In the summer of 2008, at Heathrow airport in London, Bestofthebest (BB), a private company, offered a

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In the summer of 2008, at Heathrow airport in London, Bestofthebest (BB), a private company, offered a lottery to win a Ferrari or 100,000 British pounds, equivalent at the time to about $200,000. Both the Ferrari and the money, in 100-pound notes, were on display. If the U.K. interest rate was 6% per year, and the dollar interest rate was 3% per year (EARs), how much did it cost the company in dollars each month to keep the cash on display? That is, what was the opportunity cost of keeping it on display rather than in a bank account? (Ignore taxes.)

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Corporate Finance The Core

ISBN: 9781292158334

4th Global Edition

Authors: Jonathan Berk, Peter DeMarzo

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