The risk premium that investors usually demand for holding bonds over a longer period has shrivelled.

投资者在持有较长期债券时，通常要求获得风险溢价，而在这种情况下，长期国债的风险溢价已经大大降低。

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He does not add a risk premium to his formula for the simple reason that he avoids risk...

他并没有出于为了避免风险这个简单原因而增加计算风险规避金。

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A downgrade immediately increases borrowing costs as investors demand a premium to compensate for the higher perceived risk.

降级立刻增加了借贷成本，因为投资者要求额外费用以补偿更高的感知风险。

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There would, on the other hand, be a useful fall in interest rates, because investors would no longer demand a premium for the risk that the exchange-rate peg would be broken.

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According to a 2002 study by two economists at Indiana University, enforcing insider-trading laws reduced the cost of equity in the countries they looked at because investors did not demand a premium for the risk of trading with a crooked counterparty.

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While there is still a risk premium paid for emerging market bonds, that risk premium is shrinking as these economies grow and become better managed.

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