Corporate Finance Plus MyLab Finance with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (4th Edition) (Berk, DeMarzo & Harford, The Corporate Finance Series)
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Author: Jonathan Berk, Peter DeMarzo
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Chapter 3, Problem 18P
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To determine: The current risk-free interest rate under no arbitrage opportunities.
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Arbitrage pricing theory is an asset-pricing model. No arbitrage is an arbitrage-free condition. Under this situation, all the assets are priced appropriately and there are no chances of one’s gain to overcome the market gains without facing any risks.
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