International Financial Management
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ISBN: 9780357130698
Author: Madura
Publisher: Cengage
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Delta Company, a U.S. MNC, is contemplating making a foreign capital expenditure in South Africa. The initial cost of the project is ZAR11,200. The annual cash flows over the five-year economic life of the project in ZAR are estimated to be 3,360, 4,360, 5,350, 6,340, and 7,300. The parent firm’s cost of capital in dollars is 9.5 percent. Long-run inflation is forecasted to be 3 percent per annum in the United States and 7 percent in South Africa. The current spot foreign exchange rate is ZAR/USD = 3.75.
Calculating the NPV in ZAR using the ZAR equivalent cost of capital according to the Fisher effect and then converting to USD at the current spot rate.
Converting all cash flows from ZAR to USD at purchasing power parity forecasted exchange rates and then calculating the NPV at the dollar cost of capital.
Are the two dollar NPVs different or the same?
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4.What is the NPV in dollars if the actual pattern of ZAR/USD exchange rates is: S(0) = 3.75, S(1) =…
A Ghanaian multinational firm has two options in sourcing funds. The first option is to raise cedi on the local financial market at 25% per annum. The second option is to borrow dollars from a US bank at 6% per annum, convert it into cedi and pay the loan in one year. Assuming that the dollar assuming the dollar appreciates by 15% against the cedi by the end of the year when the loan is due, calculate which of the two options is cheaper.
Delta Company, a U.S. MNC, is contemplating making a foreign capital expenditure in South Africa. The initial cost of the project is ZAR13,600. The annual cash flows over the five-year economic life of the project in ZAR are estimated to be 4,280, 5,080, 6,070, 7,060, and 7,900. The parent firm’s cost of capital in dollars is 9.5 percent. Long-run inflation is forecasted to be 3 percent per annum in the United States and 7 percent in South Africa. The current spot foreign exchange rate is ZAR/USD = 3.75.
a. Calculating the NPV in ZAR using the ZAR equivalent cost of capital according to the Fisher effect and then converting to USD at the current spot rate.
b. Converting all cash flows from ZAR to USD at purchasing power parity forecasted exchange rates and then calculating the NPV at the dollar cost of capital.
c. Are the two dollar NPVs different or the same?
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d. What is the NPV in dollars if the actual pattern of ZAR/USD exchange…
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