A Decrease in Default Risk on Corporate Bonds ________ the Demand

question 21

Multiple Choice

A decrease in default risk on corporate bonds ________ the demand for these bonds,and ________ the demand for default-free bonds,everything else held constant.

• A)increases;lowers
• B)lowers;increases
• C)does not change;greatly increases
• D)moderately lowers;does not change

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Definitions:

Estoppel

A legal principle that prevents someone from arguing something contrary to a claim they have previously made or accepted by their actions.

Apparent Authority

A situation where a reasonably prudent person would understand that an agent had the authority to act, even if the agent didn't have actual authority.

Purported Principal

An entity or individual represented as having granted authority to another, whether or not such authority actually exists.

Disclosed Principal

A principal whose identity is known by the third parties with whom the agent enters into contracts on behalf of the principal.