Multiple Choice
The liquidity premium theory of the term structure of interest rates
A) assumes that investors will hold long-term maturity assets if there is a sufficient premium to compensate for the uncertainty of the long-term.
B) assumes that long-term interest rates are an arithmetic average of short-term rates plus a liquidity premium.
C) recognizes that forward rates are perfect predictors of future interest rates.
D) assumes that risk premiums increase uniformly with maturity.
E) None of the options.
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