Suppose that your marginal federal income tax rate is 30%, the sum of your marginal state and local tax rates is 5%, and the yield on a thirty-year corporate bond is 10%

You would be indifferent between buying this corporate bond and buying a thirty-year municipal bond issued within your state (ignoring differences in liquidity, risk, and costs of information) if the municipal bond has a yield of A) 6.5%.
B) 7.0%.
C) 9.5%.
D) 10.0%.


A

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