This title provides an in-depth treatment of the international financial arena. It assumes the viewpoint of the financial manager of a multinational corporation with investment or financial operations in more than one country.

This book provides a comprehensive and critical analysis of research outcomes on the equity home bias puzzle – that people overinvest in domestic stocks relative to the theoretically optimal investment portfolio. It introduces place attachment – the bonding that occurs between individuals and their meaningful environments – as a new explanation for equity home bias, and presents a philosophically multi-paradigmatic view of place attachment. For the first time, a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the extant literature is provided, demonstrating that place attachment is a contributing factor to 22 different topics in which variations of home bias are present. The author also analyses the social-psychological underpinnings of place attachment, and considers the effect of multi-culturalism on the future of equity home bias. The book’s unique approach discusses the issues in conceptual terms rather than through data and statistical methods. This multi- and inter-disciplinary book is an invaluable resource for graduate students and researchers interested in economics, finance, philosophy, and/or methodology, introducing them to a new line of research.

This text provides coverage of the concepts of finance and investment in an international context. New features for the fourth edition include rationalized and expaned chapters, end-of-part test banks containing exercises and multiple choice questions, and summaries.

In this updated fourth edition, author Maurice Levi successfully integrates both the micro and macro aspects of international finance. He sucessfully explores managerial issues and focuses on problems arising from financial trading relations between nations, whilst covering key topics such as: * organization of foreign exchange markets * determination of exchange rates * the fundamental principles of international finance * foreign exchange risk and exposure * fixed and flexible exchange rates. This impressive new edition builds and improves upon the popular style and structure of the original. With new data, improved pedagogy, and coverage of all of the main developments in international finance over the last few years, this book will prove essential reading for students of economics and business.

Understanding the current state of affairs and tools available in the study of international finance is increasingly important as few areas in finance can be divorced completely from international issues. International Finance reflects the new diversity of interest in international finance by bringing together a set of chapters that summarizes and synthesizes developments to date in the many and varied areas that are now viewed as having international content. The book attempts to differentiate between what is known, what is believed, and what is still being debated about international finance. The survey nature of this book involves tradeoffs that inevitably had to be made in the process given the vast footprint that constitutes international finance. No single book can cover everything. This book, however, tries to maintain a balance between the micro and macro aspects of international finance. Although each chapter is self-contained, the chapters form a logical whole that follows a logical sequence. The book is organized into five broad categories of interest: (1) exchange rates and risk management, (2) international financial markets and institutions, (3) international investing, (4) international financial management, and (5) special topics. The chapters cover market integration, financial crisis, and the links between financial markets and development in some detail as they relate to these areas. In each instance, the contributors to this book discuss developments in the field to date and explain the importance of each area to finance as a field of study. Consequently, the strategic focus of the book is both broad and narrow, depending on the reader's needs. The entire book provides a broad picture of the current state of international finance, but a reader with more focused interests will find individual chapters illuminating on specific topics.

Equip your students for success in international finance with the unrivalled depth of theory and practical applications presented in Madura's INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. This edition builds on the fundamental principles of corporate finance to provide the timely information and contemporary insights your students need to prosper in today's global business environment. With the original text being well known for its inviting reader-friendly style and clear explanations, this localised second edition introduces international finance with a focus on the important role of modern multinational corporations in global commerce within a strong APAC context. Using strong corporate and increased international banking perspectives, it discusses a wide range of managerial topics and emphasises the most recent changes in the international environment. Relevant examples, instructive diagrams, self-tests, and other learning features provide hands-on experience to help your students develop the skills they need to effectively manage in contemporary practice.

Provides a framework for evaluating the many opportunities, costs, and risks of multinational operations.

Equip your students for success in international finance with the unrivalled depth of theory and practical applications presented in Madura, Hoque and Krishnamurti's INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, Asia-Pacific 1st edition. This APAC edition builds on the fundamental principles of corporate finance to provide the timely information and contemporary insights your students need to prosper in today's global business environment. With the original US edition being well known for its inviting reader-friendly style and clear explanations, this APAC 1st edition introduces international finance with a focus on the important role of modern multinational corporations in global commerce within a strong APAC context. Using a strong corporate perspective, it discusses a wide range of managerial topics and emphasises the most recent changes in the international environment. Relevant examples, instructive diagrams, self-tests, and other learning features provide hands-on experience to help your students develop the skills they need to effectively manage in contemporary practice.