CONNECT 1 SEMESTER ACCESS CARD FOR CORPORATE FINANCE
11th Edition
ISBN: 9781259298738
Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 23, Problem 7CQ
Real Options You are discussing real options with a colleague. During the discussion, the colleague states, “Real option analysis makes no sense because it says that a real option on a risky venture is worth more than a real option on a safe venture.” How should you respond to this statement?
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Why must real options have positive value?
(Select all the choices that apply.)
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Having the real option but not the obligation to act is valuable.
B.
Real options must have positive value because they can always be sold to recover the initial investment.
C.
Real options must have positive value because they are only exercised when doing so would increase the value of the investment.
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If exercising the real option would reduce value, managers can allow the option to go unexercised.
Which of the following statements correctly describe characteristics of a risk averse investor?
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A. A risk-averse investor may be willing to give up some expected return in order to be exposed to a higher level of risk.
B. Given a choice, a risk-averse investor will always choose the investment with the lower level of risk when deciding between two investments offering different levels of expected return.
C. More than one of the other statements is correct.
D. A risk-averse investor will demand compensation in the form of higher expected returns in order to take on investments with higher risk.
According to Peter Bernstein "When we take a risk, we are betting an outcome that will result from a decision we have made, though we do not know for certain what the outcome will be" Explain exactly why
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CONNECT 1 SEMESTER ACCESS CARD FOR CORPORATE FINANCE
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