International finance FIN 412 Exam #2 MC: Examples of "single-currency interest rate swap" and "cross-currency interest rate swap" are: A. fixed-for-floating rate interest rate swap‚ where one counterparty exchanges the interest payments of a floating- rate debt obligations for fixed-rate interest payments of the other counter party B. fixed-for-fixed rate debt service (currency swap)‚ where one counterparty exchanges the debt service obligations of a bond denominated in one currency for
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International Finance (AF4323) 2010/2011 Semester Two Time & Venue: Tue 13:30-16:20‚ N116 Course Description: This course introduces students to various international financial markets and instruments‚ and examines their implications for the financial management of firms and investors. We first examine the foreign exchange market and the different exchange rate systems that different countries adopt‚ paying special attention to currency board system. Although we study various approaches
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Exercise international finance 1. The current spot exchange rate is €1‚40/£ and the three-month forward rate is €1‚35/£. Based on your analysis of the exchange rate‚ you are pretty confident that the spot exchange rate will be €1‚37/£ in three months. Assume that you would like to buy or sell £1.000.000. a. What actions do you need to take to speculate in the forward market? What is the expected euro profit from speculation? b. What would be your speculative profit in euro terms if in
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International Finance Konstantinos Mavromatis UvA‚ Department of Economics Today’s Focus • • • • Forex Market Efficiency UIP CIP Carry Trade and the Recent Financial Crisis Forex market efficiency • Fama‚ Eugene (J. of Finance‚ 1991): – “I take the market efficiency hypothesis to be the simple statement that security prices fully reflect all available information. [...] market efficiency per se is not testable. It must be tested jointly with some model of equilibrium
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Introduction In some ways the United States and Japanese are the biggest competitors in the international trade because both countries are producing many of the same goods. For example‚ Toshiba’s biggest competitor in the personal computer is Dell. After the emergence of world trade organization the volume of the international trade has increased too large and countries are actively participating in the trade to push their gross domestic product. This active participation in the trade allows
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Agency Problems Management Structure of an MNC Why Fimrs Pursue International Business Theory of Comparative Advantage Imperfect Markets Theory Product Cycle Theory How Firms Engage in International Business International Trade Licensing Franchising Joint Ventures Acquisitions of Existing Operations Establishing New Foreign Subsidiaries Summary of Methods Valuation Model for an MNC Domestic Model Valuing International Cash Flows Uncertainty Surrounding an MNCs Cash Flows Uncertainty
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International Finance Presentation notes for years 2005-Present: Year 2005: * The Growth of China and India as World Financial Powers. The rise of China and India as world financial powers is nothing short of amazing. Economists estimate that both nations can grow at the rate of 7-8% for decades to come. China‚ alone‚ has grow at about 9.6% for the past two decades. Together‚ the two countries account for one-third of the world’s population. Countries like the United States initially
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International Trade and Finance October 15‚ 2012 International Trade and Finance Since the beginning of the current recession in 2008‚ the economy of the United States (U.S.) has been the spotlight of the media‚ government intervention‚ and the American public. In order to gain better understanding of the current health of the U.S. macroeconomy‚ one must review several areas of the economy including surplus of imports‚ effects of international trade‚ tariffs and quotas‚ and the restriction
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ULUSLARARASI MALİ İŞBİRLİĞİ (International Finance Corporation) - IFC Nedir‚ amacı nedir? Dünya Bankası ile IFC arasındaki fark nedir? IFC‚ Dünya Bankasının üye ülkelere ait 5 yakın kurumdan oluşan grubun bir üyesidir. Her bir kurum yoksullukla mücadeleye yardım ve insanların yaşamlarını iyileştirmede ayrı bir rol oynar. Gelismekte ve kalkinmakta olan ucuncu dunya ulkelerinde‚ devletin gerceklestirmekte zorluk cektigi veya devletin ilgi alaninda olmayan ama kamu yarari olan projelerde ozel sektore
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International Corporate Finance 1. How are percentage changes in a currency’s value measured? Illustrate your answer numerically by assuming a change in the Thai baht’s value from a value of $0.022 to $0.026. Answer: Percent △ in foreign currency value = st-st-1 st-1 = $0.026-$0.022$0.022 ≈ 18.18% 2. What are the basic factors that determine the value of a currency? In equilibrium‚ what is the relationship between these factors? Answer: The basic factors that determine the value
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