Kraft, Holger; Schwartz, Eduardo S.; Weiss, Farina - 2017 - This version: April 12, 2017
This paper studies the relation between firm value and a firm's growth options. We find strong empirical evidence that (average) Tobin's Q increases with firm-level volatility. The significance mainly comes from R&D firms, which have more growth options than non-R&D firms. By decomposing...