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TEST BANK
International Financial Management
Jeff Madura
15th Edition
Chapters 1-21 (Questions with Verified Answers)
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Table of Contents
Part I: The International Financial Environment
1. Multinational Financial Management: An Overview
2. International Flow of Funds
3. International Financial Markets
4. Exchange Rate Determination
5. Currency Derivatives
Part II: Exchange Rate Behavior
6. Government Influence on Exchange Rates
7. International Arbitrage and Interest Rate Parity
8. Relationships among Inflation, Interest Rates, and Exchange Rates
Part III: Exchange Rate Risk Management
9. Forecasting Exchange Rates
10. Measuring Exposure to Exchange Rate Fluctuations
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11. Managing Transaction Exposure
12. Managing Economic Exposure and Translation Exposure
Part IV: Long-Term Asset and Liability Management
13. Direct Foreign Investment
14. Multinational Capital Budgeting
15. International Corporate Governance and Control
16. Country Risk Analysis
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17. Multinational Capital Structure and Cost of Capital
18. Long-Term Debt Financing
Part V: Short-Term Asset and Liability Management
19. Financing International Trade
20. Short-Term Financing
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21. International Cash Management
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Chapter 1—Multinational Financial Management
1. The commonly accepted goal of the MNC is to:
a. maximize short-term earnings.
b. maximize shareholder wealth.
c. minimize risk.
d. A and C.
e. maximize international sales.
ANS: B PTS: 1
2. With regard to corporate goals, an MNC is mostly concerned with maximizing , and a purely domestic firm is mostly
concerned with maximizing .
a. shareholder wealth; short-term earnings
b. shareholder wealth; shareholder wealth
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c. short-term earnings; sales volume
d. short-term earnings; shareholder wealth
ANS: B PTS: 1
3. For the MNC, agency costs are typically:
a. non-existent.
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b. larger than agency costs of a small purely domestic firm.
c. smaller than agency costs of a small purely domestic firm.
d. the same as agency costs of a small purely domestic firm.
ANS: B PTS: 1
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4. Which of the following could reduce agency problems for an MNC?
a. stock options as managerial compensation.
b. hostile takeover threat.
c. investor monitoring.
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d. all of the above are forms of corporate control that could reduce agency problems for an
MNC.
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ANS: D PTS: 1
5. The valuation of an MNC should rise when an event causes the expected cash flows from foreign to and when foreign
currencies denominating these cash flows are expected to .
a. decrease; appreciate
b. increase; appreciate
c. decrease; depreciate
d. increase; depreciate
ANS: B PTS: 1
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TEST BANK
International Financial Management
Jeff Madura
15th Edition
Chapters 1-21 (Questions with Verified Answers)
SO
LU
TI
O
N
S
,@PROFDOCDIGITALLIBRARIES
Table of Contents
Part I: The International Financial Environment
1. Multinational Financial Management: An Overview
2. International Flow of Funds
3. International Financial Markets
4. Exchange Rate Determination
5. Currency Derivatives
Part II: Exchange Rate Behavior
6. Government Influence on Exchange Rates
7. International Arbitrage and Interest Rate Parity
8. Relationships among Inflation, Interest Rates, and Exchange Rates
Part III: Exchange Rate Risk Management
9. Forecasting Exchange Rates
10. Measuring Exposure to Exchange Rate Fluctuations
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11. Managing Transaction Exposure
12. Managing Economic Exposure and Translation Exposure
Part IV: Long-Term Asset and Liability Management
13. Direct Foreign Investment
14. Multinational Capital Budgeting
15. International Corporate Governance and Control
16. Country Risk Analysis
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17. Multinational Capital Structure and Cost of Capital
18. Long-Term Debt Financing
Part V: Short-Term Asset and Liability Management
19. Financing International Trade
20. Short-Term Financing
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21. International Cash Management
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N
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Chapter 1—Multinational Financial Management
1. The commonly accepted goal of the MNC is to:
a. maximize short-term earnings.
b. maximize shareholder wealth.
c. minimize risk.
d. A and C.
e. maximize international sales.
ANS: B PTS: 1
2. With regard to corporate goals, an MNC is mostly concerned with maximizing , and a purely domestic firm is mostly
concerned with maximizing .
a. shareholder wealth; short-term earnings
b. shareholder wealth; shareholder wealth
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c. short-term earnings; sales volume
d. short-term earnings; shareholder wealth
ANS: B PTS: 1
3. For the MNC, agency costs are typically:
a. non-existent.
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b. larger than agency costs of a small purely domestic firm.
c. smaller than agency costs of a small purely domestic firm.
d. the same as agency costs of a small purely domestic firm.
ANS: B PTS: 1
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4. Which of the following could reduce agency problems for an MNC?
a. stock options as managerial compensation.
b. hostile takeover threat.
c. investor monitoring.
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d. all of the above are forms of corporate control that could reduce agency problems for an
MNC.
N
S
,@PROFDOCDIGITALLIBRARIES
ANS: D PTS: 1
5. The valuation of an MNC should rise when an event causes the expected cash flows from foreign to and when foreign
currencies denominating these cash flows are expected to .
a. decrease; appreciate
b. increase; appreciate
c. decrease; depreciate
d. increase; depreciate
ANS: B PTS: 1
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