FNCE20005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Real Options Valuation, Call Option, Put Option

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Net payo from a call option: cost c is not recoverable, therefore not exercising option = -c. Payo from a put option: e. g. cancellable ight ticker or return policy can be regarded as a put option. If you are not satis ed with the purchase, by returning the product during the speci ed period, you have a positive payo . Note: european options - can only be excised on expiration date, american options - can be excited any time up to expiration date, motivation for real options. What are real options: refer to discretionary/strategic opportunities or options embedded in a rm"s investment project. Any strategic exibility to wait and see, invest further, shrink or abandon the project, or switch it to another in response to new information: here, two important points are: These options are a right, but not an obligation. The option exercise decisions can be optimally made to maximise project value after receiving new information in the future.

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