Multi-year regulatory rate plans are becoming more common. An agreement to "stay out" of the rate revision process removes an option for the utility company or regulatory commission to request a modification to tariff rates in response to changes in interest rates. We develop an objective...

A company's investment opportunities are analogous to options, and options react differently to interest rate changes than other types of assets. We examine growth option sensitivity to inflation-induced changes in interest rates using a binomial model. We find that growth options are generally...