From the Perspective of the U

question 29

Multiple Choice

From the perspective of the U.S.firm that owns an asset in Britain,the exposure that can be measured by the coefficient b in regressing the dollar value P of the British asset on the dollar-pound exchange rate S using regression equation P = a + b × S + e is

• A)asset exposure.
• B)operating exposure.
• C)accounting exposure.
• D)none of the options

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