Corporate Finance: The Core (4th Edition) (Berk, DeMarzo & Harford, The Corporate Finance Series)
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ISBN: 9780134202648
Author: Jonathan Berk, Peter DeMarzo
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 31, Problem 2P
Mia Caruso Enterprises, a U.S. manufacturer of children's toys, has made a sale in Bulgaria and is expecting a BGN4 million
- a. What is the
present value of Mia Caruso’s BGN4 million inflow computed by first discounting the cash flow at the appropriate Bulgarian Lev discount rate of 5%, and then converting the result into dollars? - b. What is the present value of Mia Caruso’s BGN4 million inflow computed by first converting the cash flow into dollars, and then discounting at the appropriate dollar discount rate of 10%?
- c. What can you conclude about whether these markets are internationally integrated, based on your answers to parts a and b?
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Corporate Finance: The Core (4th Edition) (Berk, DeMarzo & Harford, The Corporate Finance Series)
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