SAN JOSÉ STATE UNIVERSITY
ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT
Thayer Watkins

ECON 137B
Topics in Corporate Finance

Websites: email: watkinst@email.sjsu.edu
Telephone: 924-5420
Office Hours: MTWRF 10-11 AM

Content: The topic of this course is multinational business finance. This covers:

Grading: Grades are based upon twenty four quizzes (20% total), two midterm examinations (20% each), one final examination (30%) and homework (10%). The quizzes and examinations are multiple choice, approximately 5 questions for each quiz, 50 questions for each midterm examination and 75 questions for the final examination. The quizzes and examinations are available in the WebCT site: http://courses5.webct.com/public/econ137btw
Instructions for logging on to the WebCT site.

Text:
David K. Eiteman, Arthur I. Stonehill and Michael H. Moffett, Multinational Business Finance

Web Sites and Course Material:

Exercises

Text
Chapter
TopicAdditional
Reading
Exercise
1Multinational Businesses
2International Monetary System
3Balance of Payments Accounts
4Foreign Exchange Ex 0
5Exchange Rate ParitiesEx 1
Ex 2
6Currency Options Ex 3
7Foreign Exchange
Transaction Exposure
8Multinational
Operating Exposure
9Multinational
Accounting Exposure
10Global Capital Markets: Cost of Capital
11Global Capital Markets: Financial Structure
12Global Capital Markets: Equity
13Global Capital Markets: Debt
  • Bond Prices and Duration
14Interest Rate Risk Management
15International Banking
16Trade Financing
17Direct Foreign Investment
18Political Risk in
Foreign Investment
19Multinational Capital Budgeting
20Portfolio Foreign Investment
21Multinational Taxation
22Global Working Capital
23Global Currency Risk Management