Suppose that a firm is considering an investment opportunity. If the economy is...

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Suppose that a firm is considering an investment opportunity.

  • If the economy is boom, the investment will be worth $345NPV today.
  • If the economy is in recess, the investment will be worth $-102 NPV today.

The probably distribution is as follows:

Scenario Probability
Boom 0.4
Recess use 1 minus the above probability

Assume that the firm has an option to wait to decide the investment until they know the status of the economy, how much is the wait option worth?

Hint: calculate the project NPV under the wait option. Then use the new NPV minus the project NPV without the existence of the wait option.

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