Suppose that Dealer A owes Dealer B a swap contract with a market value of $5, whereas Dealer B owes Dealer A a swap contract with a market value of $8. Dealer B has other liabilities to other...

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Extracted text: Suppose that Dealer A owes Dealer B a swap contract with a market value of $5, whereas Dealer B owes Dealer A a swap contract with a market value of $8. Dealer B has other liabilities to other creditors worth $12, while Dealer B only holds $3 in cash, so Dealer B goes bankrupt. a. Dealer A and Dealer B trade OTC without netting contracts. In bankruptcy, the assets of Dealer B are shared equally among all creditors. i) Compute the total liabilities of Dealer B. ii) In bankruptcy, how much does each creditor of Dealer B obtain per dollar of liability? iii) How much of its total liability of $8 does Dealer A recover?