The Time from Acceptance to Maturity on a $30,000,000 Banker's

question 33

Essay

The time from acceptance to maturity on a $30,000,000 banker's acceptance is 45 days.The importing bank's acceptance commission is 1.5 percent and that the market rate for 45-day B/As is 4½ percent.
If the exporter's opportunity cost of capital is 11 percent,should he discount the B/A or hold it to maturity?

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Definitions:

Local Phone Market

The segment of the telecommunications industry that deals with providing telephone services within a specific geographic area.

Complete Monopolies

Situations where a single firm or entity has exclusive control over the supply of a particular good or service, with no close substitutes available.

Rival Companies

Firms operating in the same industry that compete against each other for market share.

Monopoly Power

Monopoly Power is the ability of a monopoly firm to set and control prices due to the lack of competitive market forces.