Valuing multifactor real options using an implied binomial tree
Date
2010-06
Authors
Wang, Tianyang, author
Dyer, James, author
Decision Analysis, publisher
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Abstract
This paper proposes an approach for solving a multifactor real options problem by approximating the underlying stochastic process with an implied binomial tree. The implied binomial tree is constructed to be consistent with simulated market information. By simulating European option prices as artificial market information, we apply the implied binomial tree method for real options valuation when the options are contingent on the value of market uncertainties that are not traded assets. Compared to the discrete approximations suggested in the current literature, this method offers a more flexible distribution assumption for project values and therefore provides an alternative approach to estimating the value of high-dimensional real options. For risk managers, it serves as a capital budgeting method for projects with managerial flexibility.
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Includes bibliographical references (page 23).
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real options
implied binomial tree
multifactor
simulation