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Using real option analysis to quantify ethanol policy impact on the firm's entry into and optimal operation of corn ethanol facilities

Maxwell, Christian; Davison, Matt - In: Energy Economics 42 (2014) C, pp. 140-151

Ethanol crush spreads are used to model the value of a facility which produces ethanol from corn. A real option analysis is used to investigate the effects of model parameters on the related managerial decisions of (i) how to operate the facility through optimal switching from idled to...

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How much should we pay for interconnecting electricity markets? A real options approach

Cartea, Álvaro; González-Pedraz, Carlos - In: Energy Economics 34 (2012) 1, pp. 14-30

financial terms, the value of an interconnector is the same as a strip of real options written on the spread between power …-reverting jump process and express the value of these real options in closed-form. The valuation tool is applied to five pairs of …

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Growth to value: Option exercise and the cross section of equity returns

Ai, Hengjie; Kiku, Dana - In: Journal of Financial Economics 107 (2013) 2, pp. 325-349

-to-market characteristics. We model two primitive assets: value assets and growth assets that are options on assets in place. The cost of option … place. Consequently, growth options are less risky than value assets, and the model features a value premium. Our model …

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Displacement risk and asset returns

Gârleanu, Nicolae; Kogan, Leonid; Panageas, Stavros - In: Journal of Financial Economics 105 (2012) 3, pp. 491-510

We study asset-pricing implications of innovation in a general-equilibrium overlapping-generations economy. Innovation increases the competitive pressure on existing firms and workers, reducing the profits of existing firms and eroding the human capital of older workers. Due to the lack of...

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Do jumps contribute to the dynamics of the equity premium?

Maheu, John M.; McCurdy, Thomas H.; Zhao, Xiaofei - In: Journal of Financial Economics 110 (2013) 2, pp. 457-477

importance of the skewness premium found in cross-sectional studies using lower-frequency data; and offer a potential resolution …

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