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Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement oranswers the question
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1) What major dimension sets apart international finance from domestic finance?
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A) Foreign exchange and political risks
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D) all of the options
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2) An example(s) of a political risk is
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C) the opposition party being elected.
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D) both the expropriation of assets and adverse changes in tax rules are correct.
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3) Production of goods and services has become globalized to a large extent as a result of
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A) natural resources being depleted in one country after another.
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B) skilled labor being highly mobile.
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C) multinational corporations' efforts to source inputs and locate production any
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wherewhere costs are lower and profits higher.
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D) common tastes worldwide for the same goods and services.
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,4) Recently, financial markets have become highly integrated. This development
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B) allows minority investors to buy and sell stocks.
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C) has increased the cost of capital for firms.
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5) Japan has experienced large trade surpluses. Japanese investors have responded to this
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B) investing heavily in U.S. and other foreign financial markets.
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C) lobbying the U.S. government to depreciate its currency.
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D) lobbying the Japanese government to allow the yen to appreciate.
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6) Suppose your firm invests $100,000 in a project in Italy. At the time the exchange rate
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$1.25 = €1.00. One year later the exchange rate is the same, but the Italian governmen
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