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Test Bank for International Financial Management 9th Edition Eun / All Chapters 1 - 21 / Full Complete
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International Financial Management 9th Edition Eun Test Bank Student name: MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) What major dimension sets apart international finance from domestic finance? A) Foreign exchange and political risks B) Market imperfections C) Expanded opportunity set options D) all of the 2) An example(s) of a political risk is A) expropriation of assets. B) adverse change in tax rules. C) the opposition party being elected. D) both the expropriation of assets and adverse changes in tax rules are correct. 3) Production of goods and services has become globalized to a large extent as a result of A) natural resources being depleted in one country after another. B) skilled labor being highly mobile. C) multinational corporations' efforts to source inputs and locate production anywhere where costs are lower and profits higher. D) common tastes worldwide for the same goods and services. 4) Recently, financial markets have become highly integrated. This development A) allows investors to diversify their portfolios internationally. B) allows minority investors to buy and sell stocks. C) has increased the cost of capital for firms. options D) none of the 5) Japan has experienced large trade surpluses. Japanese investors have responded to this by A) liquidating their positions in stocks to buy dollar - denominated bonds. B) investing heavily in U.S. and other foreign financial markets. C) lobbying the U.S. government to depreciate its currency. D) lobbying the Japanese government to allow the yen to appreciate. 6) Suppose your firm invests $100,000 in a project in Italy. At the time the exchange rate is $1.25 = €1.00. One year later the exchange rate is the same, but the Italian government has expropriated your firm' s assets paying only €80,000 in A) exchange rate risk. B) political risk. C) market imperfections. compensation. This is an example of D) none of the options, since $100,000 = €80,000 × $1.25/€1.00. 7) Suppose you start with $100 and buy stock for £50 when the exchange rate is £1 = $2. One year later, the stock rises to £60. You are happy with your 20 percent return on the stock, but when you sell the stock and exchange your £60 for A) exchange rate risk. B) political risk. C) market imperfections. dollars, you only get $45 since the pound has fallen to £1 = $0.75. This loss of value is an example of D) weakness in the dollar. 8) Suppose that Great Britain is a major export market for your firm, a U.S.-based MNC. If the British pound A) your firm will be able to charge more in dollar terms while keeping pound prices stable. B) your firm may be priced out of the U.K. market, depreciates against the U.S. dollar, to the extent that your dollar costs stay constant and your pound prices will rise. C) to protect U.K. market share, your firm may have to cut the dollar price of your goods to keep the pound price the same. D) your firm may be priced out of the U.K. market, to the extent that your dollar costs stay constant and your pound prices will rise, and to protect U.K. market share, your firm may have to cut the dollar price of your goods to keep the pound price the same. 9) Suppose Mexico is a major export market for your U.S.-based company and the Mexican peso appreciates A) your company's products can be priced out of the Mexican market, as the peso price of American imports will rise following the peso's fall. B) your firm will be able to charge more in dollar terms while keeping peso prices stable. C) your domestic competitors will enjoy a period of facing lessened price competition from Mexican imports. drastically against the U.S. dollar. This means D) your firm will be able to charge more in dollar terms while keeping peso prices stable and your domestic competitors will enjoy a period of facing lessened price competition from Mexican imports. 10) Suppose Mexico is a major export market for your U.S.-based company and the Mexican peso depreciates drastically against the U.S. dollar, as it did in December 1994. This means that A) your company's products can be priced out of the Mexican market, as the p eso price of American imports will rise following the peso's fall. B) your firm will be able to charge more in dollar terms while keeping peso prices stable. C) your domestic competitors will enjoy a period of facing little price competition from Mexican imports. D) none of the options A) your competitive position is likely improved. B) your competitive position is likely worsened. C) your competitive position is unchanged. options D) none of the 12) Undoubtedly, we are now living in a world where all the major economic functions —consumption, production, and investment — A) are still inherently local. B) are still regional in nature. C) are slowly becoming globalized. D) are highly globalized. 13) Most governments at least try to make it difficult for people to cross their borders illegally. This barrier to the free A) information asymmetry. B) excessive transactions costs. C) racial discrimination. movement of labor is an example of D) a market imperfection. 14) Although the world economy is much more integrated today than was the case 10 or 20 years ago, a variety of barriers still hamper free movements of people, goods, services, and capital across national boundaries. These barriers include A) legal restrictions. B) excessive transportation costs. C) information asymmetry. options D) all of the 15) The JapaneseThe benefits of buying summaries with Stuvia:
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