a. Which one of the following two bonds would you purchase if your marginal tax rate is 28 %:
Corporate bond which yields 11% rate of return
Municipal bond which yields 6.9 % rate of return
b. Jane Smith currently holds tax-exempt bonds of Good Samaritan Healthcare that pays 10 percent interest. She is in the 35 percent tax bracket. Her broker wants her to buy some Beverly Enterprises taxable bonds that will be issued next week. With all else the same, what rate must be set on the Beverly bonds to make Jane interested in making a switch?