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Chapter 1 Multinational Financial Management: Opportunities and Challenges
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1.1 The Global Financial Marketplace kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’
1) Financial globalization has NOT resulted in: kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’
A) continuing imbalances of balance of payments. kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’
B) an increase in quantity and speed in the flow of capital across the world.
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C) capital markets less open and a decrease in the availability of capital for many
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organizations.
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D) uniform ways of ownership, control, and governance across the kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’
world.Answer: D
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MarketplaceSkill: Recognition
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2) Financial globalization has NOT resulted in: kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’
A) continuing imbalances of balance of payments. kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’
B) an increase in quantity and speed in the flow of capital across the world.
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C) capital markets more open and an increase in the availability of capital
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for manyorganizations.
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D) an increase in the flow of capital into and out of
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industrialized markets.Answer: C
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Diff: 1 kri’|i’
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MarketplaceSkill: Recognition
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AACSB: Application of knowledge k r i ’ | i ’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’
3) The institutions of global finance are:
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A) central banks. kri’|i’
B) commercial banks. kri’|i’
C) investment banks. kri’|i’
D) All of the above are institutions of global
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finance.Answer: D
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MarketplaceSkill: Recognition
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,4) A major cost avoided in the eurocurrency markets is the payment of deposit
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insurance fees,such as:
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A) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation — FDIC. kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’
B) Office of the Comptroller of the Currency — OCC. kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’
C) International Monetary Fund — IMF. kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’
D) World Bank — kri’|i’ kri’|i’
WB.Answer: A
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MarketplaceSkill: Recognition
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5) The modern eurocurrency market was born shortly after:
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A) World War II. kri’|i’ kri’|i’
B) World War I. kri’|i’ kri’|i’
C) Korean War. kri’|i’
D) Bosnian
War.Answer:
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A Diff: 1
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MarketplaceSkill: Recognition
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AACSB: Application of knowledge k r i ’ | i ’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’
6) The reference rate of interest in the eurocurrency market is the:
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A) London Interbank Offered Rate. kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’
B) Prima rate. kri’|i’
C) Federal funds rate. kri’|i’ kri’|i’
D) Treasury
rate.Answer:
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A Diff: 1
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MarketplaceSkill: Recognition
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AACSB: Application of knowledge k r i ’ | i ’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’
7) Interest spreads in the eurocurrency market are small for many reasons EXCEPT:
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A) Eurocurrency loans are secured loans. kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’
B) Eurocurrency deposits and loans are made in amounts of $500,000 or more on kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’
an unsecuredbasis.
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C) The eurocurrency is a wholesale market. kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’
D) Borrowers are usually large corporations or government kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’
entities.Answer: A
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, 8) Multinational enterprises (MNEs) are firms, both for-profit companies and not-for- kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’
profit organizations, that have operations in more than one country, and conduct their
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business throughforeign subsidiaries, branches, or joint ventures with host country
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firms.
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Answer:
TRUEDiff: 1
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MarketplaceSkill: Recognition
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9) Ownership, control, and governance changes radically across the world. The kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’
publicly tradedcompany is not the dominant global business organization—the
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privately held or family-ownedbusiness is the prevalent structure—and their goals
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and measures of performance differ dramatically.
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Answer:
TRUEDiff: 1
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MarketplaceSkill: Recognition
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AACSB: Application of knowledge k r i ’ | i ’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’
10) The securities at the heart of the global capital markets are the Mortgage
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Backed Securities(MBS). The health and security of the global financial system
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rely on the quality of these securities.
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Answer:
FALSEDiff: 1
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MarketplaceSkill: Recognition
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11) The U.S. dollar has been the focal point of currency trading since the 1940s.
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As a result,most of the world's currencies are quoted against the dollar.
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Answer:
TRUEDiff: 1
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MarketplaceSkill: Recognition
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AACSB: Application of knowledge k r i ’ | i ’ kri’|i’ kri’|i’
12) Several of the world's major currency exchange rates follow a specific quotation
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conventionthat is the result of tradition and history. The exchange rate between the
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U.S. dollar and the eurois always quoted as "dollars per euro."
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Answer:
TRUEDiff: 1
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MarketplaceSkill: Recognition
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