问题如下:
If the inflation is higher than expected and everything else hold constant, what will happen on the value of the real tax savings from depreciation and the real after-tax interest expense, respectively?
选项:
A. Both would decrease.
B. Both would increase.
C. One would increase and the other would decrease.
解释:
A is correct.
考点:More on Cash Flow Projections
解析:如果通货膨胀高于预期,real tax会上升,real tax saving会下降。
债券的利费用是固定的,当通货膨胀高于预期,实际购买力下降,那么发行人实际支付出去的利息费用则会下降。
我的想法是因為inflation上升,所以tax saving下降,且tax上升。那麼int(1-t),因為t上升所以整個變小,所以利息費用下降,這樣的想法可以嗎?