Suppose you receive $10,000 and have an opportunity to earn a real rate of return of 10% (assume known and constant forever). Using the definition of income proposed by John Hicks, what is your annual sustainable income? In other words, what amount can you spend every year forever?   b) What is the present value of an annual payment of $10,000 forever, assuming a 5% real discount rate?   $9,523.80   $200,000

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a) Suppose you receive $10,000 and have an opportunity to earn a real rate of return of 10% (assume known and constant forever). Using the definition of income proposed by John Hicks, what is your annual sustainable income? In other words, what amount can you spend every year forever?

 

b) What is the present value of an annual payment of $10,000 forever, assuming a 5% real discount rate?

 

$9,523.80

 

$200,000

 

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$10,000

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