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A Government Guarantee of a Firm's Existing Debt

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A government guarantee of a firm's existing debt


A) has a cost equal to that of a put option.
B) benefits shareholders at the expense of current bondholders.
C) converts risk-free debt into risky debt.
D) is costless to taxpayers.
E) is essentially exercising a call option on the firm.

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