Part 1:The International Financial Environment 1
1.Multinational Financial Management:An Overview 2
2.Exchange Rate Determination 23
3.Currency Derivatives 35
Part 2:Exchange Rate Behavior 85
4.International Arbitrage and Interest Rate Parity 86
5.Relationships among Inflation, Interest Rates,and Exchange Rates 122
Part 3:Exchange Rate Risk Management 147
6.Forecasting Exchange Rates 148
7.Measuring Exposure to Exchange Rate Fluctuations 178
8.Managing Transaction Exposure 205
9.Managing Economic Exposure and Translation Exposure 244
Part 4:Long-Term Asset and Liability Management 267
10.Direct Foreign Investment 268
11.Multinational Capital Budgeting 283
12.International Acquisitions 318
13.Country Risk Analysis 342
14.Multinational Cost of Capital and Capital Structure 368
15.Long-Term Financing 396
Part 5:Short-Term Asset and Liability Management 423
16.Financing International Trade 424
17.Short-Term Financing 441
18.International Cash Management 461
Appendix A:Answers to Self Test Questions 498
Appendix B:Supplemental Cases 509
Appendix C:International Investing Project 529
Glossary 532