Which of the Following Statements Is False

question 8

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is false?

• A) One way to see why you sometimes choose not to invest in a positive-NPV project is to think about the decision of when to invest as a choice between two mutually exclusive projects: (1) invest today or (2) wait.
• B) You invest today only when the NPV of investing today exceeds the value of the option of waiting, which from option pricing theory we know to be always positive.
• C) When you do not have the option to wait, it is optimal to invest in any positive-NPV project.
• D) When you have the option of deciding when to invest, it is usually optimal to invest only when the NPV is positive but close to zero.

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Definitions:

Sampling Distributions

The distribution likelihood of a statistical value gathered from multiple samples from a given population.

Consistent Estimator

An attribute of an estimator indicating that as the sample size increases, the estimates it produces converge in probability to the parameter being estimated.

Sample Mean

The mean value derived from a dataset sample, utilized to predict the overall population's average.

Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a statistic (like a mean) derived from a large number of samples of a population.