• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Optimal investment under cost uncertainty
  • Contributor: Detemple, Jerome [Author]; Kitapbayev, Yerkin [Author]
  • Published: Basel: MDPI, 2018
  • Language: English
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/risks6010005
  • ISSN: 2227-9091
  • Keywords: American option ; early exercise premium ; free-boundary problem ; random strike ; real options ; optimal stopping
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  • Description: This paper studies the valuation of real options when the cost of investment jumps at a random time. Three valuation formulas are derived. The first expresses the value of the project in terms of a collection of knockout barrier claims. The second identifies the premium relative to a project with delayed investment right and prices its components. The last one identifies the premium/discount relative to a project with constant cost equal to the post-jump cost and prices its components. All formulas are in closed form. The behavior of optimal investment boundaries and valuation components are examined.
  • Access State: Open Access
  • Rights information: Attribution (CC BY)