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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questions‚ 1 points each‚ 10 points total) 1) According to M&M Theorem in the absence of corporate taxes‚ an increase in leverage (i.e.‚ an increase in D/E ratio) will lead to a) Higher cost of equity b) Low cost of equity c) No change in cost of equity d) The information provided is not sufficient to chose any of the above questions Ans: A 2) According to M&M Theorem in the absence of corporate taxes‚ an increase in leverage (i.e.‚ an increase in D/E ratio) will lead to a) Higher
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The Objective in Corporate Finance “If you don’t know where you are going‚ it does not matter how you get there” Aswath Damodaran Stern School of Business Aswath Damodaran 2 First Principles Invest in projects that yield a return greater than the minimum acceptable hurdle rate. • The hurdle rate should be higher for riskier projects and reflect the financing mix used - owners’ funds (equity) or borrowed money (debt) • Returns on projects should be measured based on cash flows
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Overview of Relevant Formulas Corporate Finance (B40.2302) _________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Present value of $1 to be received after t years at discount rate r: 2. Present value of annuity of $1 per year for t years at discount rate r: $1 (1 + r )t ⎡1 − (1 + r ) − t ⎤ ⎢ ⎥ × $1 r ⎣ ⎦ 1 ⎡ (1 + g )t ⎤ 3. Present value of growing annuity of $1 at rate g per year at discount rate r: ⎢1 − ⎥ × $1 r − g ⎣ (1 + r )t ⎦ $1 r 4. Present value
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Corporate Finance – Chapter 2 – Long Quiz 1 1) Marvelous Entertainment Group‚ Inc. had net income of $32.7 million in 2005. The firm paid no dividends. If there were no further changes to the stockholders ’ equity accounts‚ then _____ by $32.7 million. [ ] common stock must have increased √ [ ] retained earnings must have increased [ ] total stockholders ’ equity must have decreased [ ] capital surplus must have decreased [ ] the market value of the firm ’s stock must have
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Entrepreneurial Finance Philippe Gregoire Louvain School of Management – Université catholique de Louvain Reference book : Entrepreneurial finance‚ a casebook. Paul A. Gompers and William A. Sahlman. John Wiley & Sons‚ Inc. 2002 1 Entrepreneurial finance Project assessment (POCD) Funding (amount‚ firm’s value‚ best partner) Deal (ownership / control / incentives) Exit (IPO) Project Assessment • 4 critical success factors for entrepreneurial ventures People Opportunity
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Tri Vi Dang Email: td2332@columbia.edu Columbia University Spring 2013 Corporate Finance (ECON W4280) Meeting time: Tu‚ Th 4.10-5.25 Meeting place: Hamilton 503 Office address: IAB 1032 Office hours: Th 11.00-12.00 and other times by appointment Course Description The aim of this introductory course in corporate finance is to provide students with fundamental concepts for understanding firms’ financing decisions and the basic tools for the valuation of a corporation. This course
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Public Finance 2009-2010 spring semester Chapter 1 - Introduction 1. a. McCain’s statement is consistent with an organic conception of government. Individuals and their goals are less important than the state. b. Locke makes a clear statement of the mechanistic view of the state in which individual liberty is of paramount importance. c. Chavez’s statement is consistent with an organic view of government. The individual has significance only as part of society
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[pic] School of Management Studies Finance Advanced Topics [BUS4083W] Corporate Finance Test 23 September 2010 Time Allocation: 120 minutes Total Mark Allocation: 90 marks Case Study: Anglo American On the 20th of February 2009‚ Anglo American announced that it would cut 11% of its work force and suspend its share buyback and dividend in the face of a poor economic outlook marked by "unprecedented" uncertainty. The miner said it was reducing its headcount by
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Assignment of corporate finance If we need to find Z score of Fu-Wang ceramic industry ltd. Then at first we should know the formula of Z score. The formula of Z score is Z = 3.3(EBIT/Total Assets) + 1.2(Net Working Capital/Total Assets) + 1.0(Sales/Total Assets) + .6(Market Value of Equity/Book Value of Debt) + 1.4(Accumulated retained earnings/Total Assets) Now we are going to determining the Z score of Fu-Wang ceramic industry ltd. In the year of 2010 As we know the formula of Z score below
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