The Option to Abandon a Project Investing in Real Assets

question 46

Multiple Choice

The option to abandon a project investing in real assets can be considered to have a strike price equal to the:

• A) historical cost of the asset.
• B) market value of the asset at abandonment.
• C) forgone revenues anticipated from the project.
• D) forgone interest on the bonds used to finance the real assets.

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Definitions:

Geometric Mean

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A value below which 75% of the data points in a distribution fall, also known as the third quartile.

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