Suppose interest rates increase from 8% to 9%. Which bond will suffer the greater percentage decline in

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Suppose interest rates increase from 8% to 9%. Which bond will suffer the greater percentage decline in price: a 30-year bond paying annual coupons of 8% or a 30-year zero-coupon bond?

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Fundamentals of Corporate Finance

ISBN: 978-0077861629

8th edition

Authors: Richard Brealey, Stewart Myers, Alan Marcus

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