
On Real Options and Information Costs
Bellalah, Mondher; El Farissi, Inass (2002), On Real Options and Information Costs, AFFI (Association Française de Finance) : Information financière et marchés, 2002-12, Paris, France
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2002Conference title
AFFI (Association Française de Finance) : Information financière et marchésConference date
2002-12Conference city
ParisConference country
FrancePages
20
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This paper presents a simple framework for the use of traditional capital budgeting models and the valuation of several real options in the presence of shadow costs of incomplete information. Information costs can be viewed as sunk costs in the spirit of Merton’s (1987) model of capital market equilibrium with incomplete information. We incorporate these sunk costs in standard discounted cash flow techniques and present the basic concepts of real options. The justification of information costs in real projects is based on the observation that R&D needs to be done before investment decisions. These costs account for all the expenses needed to get informed about an investment opportunity and the management of projects. This analysis extends the models in Bellalah (1999, 2001) for the valuation of real options within information uncertainty. We present valuation models and simulations for the values of common real options in the presence of shadow costs of incomplete information.Subjects / Keywords
Capital budgeting; Investment policy; Asset pricing; Option pricing; Information and market efficiencyRelated items
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