Global Finance, Cases and Notes

by Francisco Carrada-Bravo

Overview

Published in 1999, this text aims to target International Finance and give the basic currency markets: the eurocurrency, the spot, the forward, the futures, and the options markets. It focuses on global financial management, foreign exchange markets, exchange rate determination, financing globalization, managing echange rate exposure, arbitrage and swaps, financing international trade, and the international monetary systems. It includes case studies at the end of each chapter.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780429851179
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/13/2018
Series:	Routledge Revivals
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	299
File size:	14 MB
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About the Author

Francisco Carrada-Bravo is Professor of World Business at Thunderbird, the American Graduate School of International Management, in Glendale, Arizona. He has taught at Brandeis University, Harvard Business School, and the University of California at Berkeley, and he is the author of several books on global finance.

Table of Contents

1. Managing Globalization  2. Comparative Advantages and International Trade  3. Theories of International Trade and Production  4. The Instruments of Trade Policy  5. Tendencies in Global Financing, Some Stylized Facts  6. Interest Rate Parity and the Foreign Exchange Market  7. Purchasing Power Parity and the Foreign Exchange Market  8. The Foreign Exchange Market  9. SKF in Poland: Foreign Exchange Rate Corporate Reporting  10. The Fundamentals of the Time Value of Money  11. The Present Value of Annuities and Perpetuities  12. Wendy’s Franchising in Argentina  13. Transnational Investment  14. Cuetara in Morocco  15. Exchange Rate Risk Management  16. Cemex: Debt and Exchange Rate Risk  17. Managing Transaction Exposure with Spot and Forward Contracts  18. Managing Transaction Exposure with Futures and Options  19. Controlling Economic Risk  20. Giant Manufacturing and Globalization  21. International Arbitrage  22. Note on International Currency Swaps  23. The Balance of Payments  24. National Income and the Balance of Payments  25. Monetary and Fiscal Policy, Output and Exchange Rate  26. The Collapse of the Mexican Peso  27. The International Monetary System.

Editorial Reviews

A course text for graduate students in international business administration or management, or upper-level undergraduates in international finance. Carrada-Bravo (world business, Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Law) Explains how to apply the principles of global finance to the challenges posed by the world trading system. He arranges the material in 28 modules, such as international trade theory, commercial policy, foreign exchange markets, and fundamentals of transnational investment. He includes problems and chapter-specific bibliographies, but no index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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