Consider the following statements that address these factors, and indicate if you think each statement is true or false.

Statement

All else being equal, the more highly that savers and investors prefer immediate spending to deferred consumption, the lower the

compensation that savers and investors will require to induce them to make an investment that will necessitate postponed

spending.

On average and everything else held constant, an investment that can provide a $4\%$ return should attract more investment

capital from savers$/$investors than an otherwise identical investment that can generate a $12\%$ return.

A risk$-$free asset is one characterized by guaranteed returns, whereas the cash flows of a risky asset may be greater or less than

the expected or promised returns.

The longer the period of deferred consumption, the larger will be the maturity premium that savers and investors expect to

receive, everything else held constant.

On average and everything else held constant, $30-$year U$.$S$.$ Treasury bonds should expect to exhibit a smaller maturity premium

than a $1-$year U$.$S$.$ Treasury bill.