Beschreibung:
This book is an analysis of all possible interest rates. Dual expressions are used to solve long-standing puzzles, eliminate anomalies and draw conclusions about best practice and sound policy advice in areas of economics and finance. Topics include retail and corporate finance, capital budgeting and investment appraisal, bond risk management.
1. Multiple Interest Rate Analysis: What it is and Why it is Important 2. Motivation 3. Four Key Results of Multiple Interest Rate Analysis 4. Is APR a Robust Measure of the Cost of Consumer Credit? 5. Multiple Interest Rate Analysis Demonstrates Why the IRR Pitfalls are Irrelevant and Provides a Better Reason to Prefer NPV as an Investment Criterion 6. An Accurate Formula is Derived for the Impact of a Shift in Yield on the Price of a Bond 7. Multiple Interest Rate Analysis Sheds Light on the Reswitching Phenomenon 8. A Summing Up