Firms Discount Future Profits at the Interest Rate R Because

question 18

Multiple Choice

Firms discount future profits at the interest rate r because

• A) it is the interest rate on their debt.
• B) it is the same rate as for households.
• C) Ricardian equivalence holds.
• D) it has to equal the marginal productivity of capital in equilibrium.

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