If the short-term commercial paper rate is 6 percent and the corporate tax rate is 35 percent, what yield would a corporation require on an investment in auction-rate preferred stock? Assume the default risk is the same as for commercial paper.
A) 6 percent
B) 39 percent
C) 9.2 percent
D) 4.4 percent
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