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Shapiro, Alan C.

Foundations of multinational financial management / Alan C. Shapiro. - 4th ed. - New York : Wiley, c2002. - xvi, 634 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.

Introduction: Multinational Enterprise and Multinational Financial Management --
The Rise of the Multinational Corporation --
The Internationalization of Business and Finance --
Multinational Financial Management: Theory and Practice --
Outline of This Book --
The Origins and Consequences of International Trade --
Environment of International Financial Management --
The Determination of Exchange Rates --
Setting the Equilibrium Spot Exchange Rate --
Expectations and the Asset-Market Model of Exchange Rates --
Fundamentals of Central Bank Intervention --
The International Monetary System --
Alternative Exchange Rate Systems --
A Brief History of the International Monetary System --
The European Monetary System and Monetary Union --
Emerging Market Currency Crises --
The Balance of Payments and International Economic Linkages --
Balance-of-Payments Categories --
The International Flow of Goods, Services, and Capital --
Coping with the Current-Account Deficit --
Country Risk Analysis --
Measuring Political Risk --
Economic and Political Factors Underlying Country Risk --
Country Risk Analysis in International Banking --
The Foreign Exchange Market --
Organization of the Foreign Exchange Market --
The Spot Market --
The Forward Market --
Currency Futures and Options Markets --
Futures Contracts --
Currency Options --
Reading Currency Futures and Options Prices --
Parity Conditions in International Finance and Currency Forecasting --
Arbitrage and the Law of One Price --
Purchasing Power Parity --
The Fisher Effect.

ISBN: 0471366234 (alk. paper)

ISSN: 9780471366232

Subjects--Topical Terms:
International business enterprises--Finance.
Decision making.

LC Class. No.: HG4027.5 / .S44