Assume that (contrary to reality) currently the municipal bonds (those issued and sold by city governments) are
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- Assume that (contrary to reality) currently the municipal bonds (those issued and sold by city governments) are taxable.
- Assume that the interest rate on one-year Treasury discount bond is 20 percent (a bit too high, if you ask me. But this is a hypothetical world).
- Assume that the average income tax rate faced by bond holders is 25 percent (again, the real world is much more complicated. But, whatever.)
- Assume the Treasury wants to borrow $120,000,000 to finance some government expenditures. It wants to do by issuing a one-year discount bond. This bond is, of course, risk-free.
- Assume that, coincidently, a city government also wants to borrow $120,000,000 to fix some street potholes by issuing a one-year discount bond.
- Assume this bond is also risk-free.
- Finally assume that the market for this municipal bond is too small relative to the market for the Treasury bond. So the actions by this city government will have no effect on the interest rates on Treasury bonds.
Under these assumptions, to be able to borrow $120,000,000, the Treasury has to issue a bond with a face value of _____ dollars and the city government has to issue a bond with a face value of ____ dollars.
The after-tax rate of return from the Treasury bond for the investors like you and me will be ___ percent and the after-tax rate of return from the municipal bond will be ____ percent.
After one year when the bonds mature, the Treasury will pay ____ dollars in interest to the lenders. The city government will pay ____ dollars in interest to the lenders.
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Smith and Roberson Business Law
ISBN: 978-0538473637
15th Edition
Authors: Richard A. Mann, Barry S. Roberts
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