Corporate Finance (4th Edition) (Pearson Series in Finance) - Standalone book
Corporate Finance (4th Edition) (Pearson Series in Finance) - Standalone book
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ISBN: 9780134083278
Author: Jonathan Berk, Peter DeMarzo
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 6, Problem 29P

The following table summarizes the yields to maturity on several one-year, zero-coupon securities:

Security Yield(%)
Treasury 3.1
AAA corporate 3.2
BBB corporate 4.2
B corporate 4.9
  1. a. What is the price (expressed as a percentage of the face value) of a one-year, zero-coupon corporate bond with a AAA rating?
  2. b. What is the credit spread on AAA-rated corporate bonds?
  3. c. What is the credit spread on B-rated corporate bonds?
  4. d. How does the credit spread change with the bond rating? Why?
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