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Consider a firm that only has one type of debt. The face value of the debt is F. The market value of the firm's assets is 100 (= A(0)). The volatility of the rate of return on the firm's assets is 30%. The instantaneous risk free rate of interest is 3%.

Part A

If the maturity of the debt is one year, determine the market value of the firm's debt.

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The yield to maturity, assuming continuous compounding is defined as

MV = F exp( - y * T)

where MV is the market value of debt, T the maturity measured in years and y the yield to maturity.

Part B

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If the maturity of the debt is one month (0.083 years), determine the market value of the debt.

Part C

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If the maturity of the debt is half a month (0.040 years), determine the market value of the debt.

Part D

What can you conclude from the above tables? Please explain your results.

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