The Management at Socrates Motors Considered the Option to Abandon

question 97

Multiple Choice

The management at Socrates Motors considered the option to abandon when building their new manufacturing plant. The design of the plant allows it to be easily converted to manufacture other types of large machinery. If their new line of cars is poorly received, their plant should be easy to sell to another manufacturing company. In this example, the price at which they expect to sell the plant if things go poorly resembles

• A) the premium of a put option on the plant.
• B) the premium of a call option on the plant.
• C) the strike price of a put option on the plant.
• D) the strike price of a call option the plant.

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