A key reason that firms and financial institutions might participate in an interest rate swap is
A) to transfer interest rate risk to parties that are more willing to bear it.
B) the low information costs of swaps compared with other derivative contracts.
C) the greater liquidity of swaps compared with other derivative contracts.
D) the favorable tax implications of swaps compared with other derivative contracts.
A
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One obstacle to the adoption of the export promotion model by countries in other regions is that
A) the Uruguay Round of the GATT forbids many types of export promotion policies. B) the Washington Consensus opposes the spread of this model. C) research and development for new exports is too expensive. D) only noncommercial R&D is permitted under the rules of the GATT. E) industrial monopolies in the high-income countries will block further exports by developing countries.
As interest rates rise, people tend to hold ______ money; as their incomes rise, people tend to hold ______ money.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Society might argue that there are cases in which it is appropriate to resist price increases in situations where scarcity is serious. Included would be the case of
a. unrestrained monopoly that would otherwise succeed in gouging the public. b. taxes imposed on products capriciously and inappropriately. c. rising prices falling so heavily on the poor that rationing becomes preferable. d. All of the above are correct.
The Sherman Antitrust Act was passed to
A) protect companies from foreign competition. B) protect the monopoly profits of firms. C) control the growth of monopolies in the U.S. D) prevent market price from equaling marginal cost.