Flotation Costs

question 54

Multiple Choice

Flotation costs

• A) include the fees paid to the investment bankers, lawyers, and accountants involved in selling a new security issue.
• B) encourage firms to pay large dividends.
• C) are encountered whenever a firm fails to pay a dividend.
• D) are incurred when investors fail to cash their dividend check.

Comprehend the purchasing power parity theory and its implications for exchange rates.

Identify the effects of inflation and interest rates on currency appreciation or depreciation.

Recognize the role of currency speculators in exchange rate movements.

Understand the impact of national income fluctuations on currency exchange rates.

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Definitions:

Dumping

Selling goods in a foreign market at a price below the cost of production or below the price in the home market, often to gain market share.

American Firms

Companies that are based in the United States and subject to U.S. laws and economic policies.

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)

The international agreement reached in 1947 in which 23 nations agreed to eliminate import quotas, negotiate reductions in tariff rates, and give each other equal and nondiscriminatory treatment. It now includes most nations and has become the World Trade Organization.

World Trade Organization

An international organization that regulates international trade and ensures that trade flows as smoothly, predictably, and freely as possible.