PRIN.OF CORPORATE FINANCE
PRIN.OF CORPORATE FINANCE
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ISBN: 9781260013900
Author: BREALEY
Publisher: RENT MCG
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Chapter 22, Problem 5PS

Real options Describe each of the following situations in the language of options:

  1. a. Drilling rights to undeveloped heavy crude oil in Northern Alberta. Development and production of the oil is a negative-NPV endeavor. (Assume a break-even oil price is C$90 per barrel, versus a spot price of C$80.) However, the decision to develop can be put off for up to five years. Development costs are expected to increase by 5% per year.
  2. b. A restaurant is producing net cash flows, after all out-of-pocket expenses, of $700,000 per year. There is no upward or downward trend in the cash flows, but they fluctuate as a random walk, with an annual standard deviation of 15%. The real estate occupied by the restaurant is owned, not leased, and could be sold for $5 million. Ignore taxes.
  3. c. A variation on part (b): Assume the restaurant faces known fixed costs of $300,000 per year, incurred as long as the restaurant is operating. Thus,

    Net cash flow = revenue less variable costs fixed costs $ 700 , 000 = 1 , 000 , 000 300 , 000

    The annual standard deviation of the forecast error of revenue less variable costs is 10.5%. The interest rate is 10%. Ignore taxes.

  4. d. A paper mill can be shut down in periods of low demand and restarted if demand improves sufficiently. The costs of closing and reopening the mill are fixed.
  5. e. A real estate developer uses a parcel of urban land as a parking lot, although construction of either a hotel or an apartment building on the land would be a positive-NPV investment.
  6. f. Air France negotiates a purchase option for 10 Boeing 787s. Air France must confirm the order by 2021. Otherwise Boeing will be free to sell the aircraft to other airlines.
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