International Financial Management (N1548) Seminar 10R

Java Python International Financial Management (N1548)

Seminar 10

Q1. Explain how political risk and exchange rate risk increase the uncertainty of international projects for the purpose of capital budgeting.

Q2. Discuss the circumstances under which the capital expenditure of a foreign subsidiary might have a positive NPV in local currency terms but be unprofitable from the parent firm’s perspective.

Q3. Delta Company, a U.S. MNC, is contemplating making a foreign capital expenditure in South Africa.  The initial cost of the project is ZAR10,000.  The annual cash flows over the five year economic life of the project in ZAR are estimated to be 3,000, 4,000, 5,000, 6000, and 7,000.  The parent firm’s cost of capital in dollars is 9.5  percent.  Long-run inflation is forecasted to be 3 percent per annum in the U.S. and dai 写International Financial Management (N1548) Seminar 10R 7 percent in South Africa.  The current spot foreign exchange rate is USD = 3.75 ZAR   Determine the NPV for the project in USD by:

a.  Calculating the NPV in ZAR using the ZAR equivalent cost of capital according to the Fisher Effect and then converting to USD at the current spot rate.

b.  Converting all cash flows from ZAR to USD at Purchasing Power Parity forecasted exchange rates and then calculating the NPV at the dollar cost of capital. Are the two dollar NPVs different or the same?  Explain.

c.  What is the NPV in dollars if the actual pattern of ZAR/USD exchange rates is:  S(0) = 3.75, S(1) = 5.7, S(2) = 6.7, S(3) = 7.2, S(4) = 7.7, and S(5) = 8