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Multinational Business Finance, 16e (Eiteman/Stonehill/Moffett)
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Chapter 1 Multinational Financial Management: Opportunities and Challenges
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1.1 The Global Financial Marketplace
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1) Financial globalization has NOT resulted in:
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A) continuing imbalances of balance of payments. gg gg gg gg gg
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
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world. Answer: D
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2) Financial globalization has NOT resulted in:
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A) continuing imbalances of balance of payments. gg gg gg gg gg
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 for
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many organizations.
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D) an increase in the flow of capital into and out of industrialized
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markets. Answer: C
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3) The institutions of global finance are:
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A) central banks. gg
B) commercial banks. gg
C) investment banks. gg
D) All of the above are institutions of global
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finance. Answer: D
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4) A major cost avoided in the eurocurrency markets is the payment of deposit insurance
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fees, such as:
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A) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation — FDIC.
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B) Office of the Comptroller of the Currency — OCC.
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C) International Monetary Fund — IMF. gg gg gg gg
D) World Bank — gg gg
WB. Answer: A
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5) The modern eurocurrency market was born shortly after:
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A) World War II. gg gg
B) World War I. gg gg
C) Korean War. gg
D) Bosnian War. gg
Answer: A
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6) The reference rate of interest in the eurocurrency market is the:
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A) London Interbank Offered Rate. gg gg gg
B) Prima rate. gg
C) Federal funds rate. gg gg
D) Treasury rate. gg
Answer: A
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7) Interest spreads in the eurocurrency market are small for many reasons EXCEPT:
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A) Eurocurrency loans are secured loans. gg gg gg gg
B) Eurocurrency deposits and loans are made in amounts of $500,000 or more on an
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unsecured basis.
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C) The eurocurrency is a wholesale market.
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D) Borrowers are usually large corporations or government
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entities. Answer: A
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8) Multinational enterprises (MNEs) are firms, both for-profit companies and not-for-profit
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organizations, that have operations in more than one country, and conduct their business
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through foreign subsidiaries, branches, or joint ventures with host country firms.
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Answer: TRUE g g
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9) Ownership, control, and governance changes radically across the world. The publicly
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traded company is not the dominant global business organization—the privately held or
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family-owned business is the prevalent structure—and their goals and measures of
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performance differ dramatically.
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Answer: TRUE g g
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10) The securities at the heart of the global capital markets are the Mortgage Backed
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Securities (MBS). The health and security of the global financial system rely on the
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quality of these securities.
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Answer: FALSE g g
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11) The U.S. dollar has been the focal point of currency trading since the 1940s. As a
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result, most of the world's currencies are quoted against the dollar.
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Answer: TRUE g g
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12) Several of the world's major currency exchange rates follow a specific quotation
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convention that is the result of tradition and history. The exchange rate between the U.S.
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dollar and the euro is always quoted as "dollars per euro."
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Answer: TRUE g g
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