The Difference Between the Risk-Free Rate and the Interest Rate

question 95

Multiple Choice

The difference between the risk-free rate and the interest rate a particular investor has to pay is called the:

• A) credit risk.
• B) risk premium.
• C) default rate.
• D) interest rate arbitrage.

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Definitions:

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Operant Conditioning

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