Consider the following statement about real options: Decision tree analysis is more commonly used in valuing securities than real assets.   True or False: The preceding statement is correct. True   False     Which type of real option allows a project to be expanded if demand turns out to be greater than expected? Flexibility option   Abandonment option   Expansion option   Timing option     Consider the following example: Smoltz Motors has plants around the country that specialize in specific models of cars. Smoltz has determined that lower demand has led the firm’s inventory of SUVs to be too high. Smoltz wants to stop production for its SUVs and focus on its sedans.   This example describes a real option to (expand/ abandon)  .

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4. Introduction to real options

Consider the following statement about real options:
Decision tree analysis is more commonly used in valuing securities than real assets.
 
True or False: The preceding statement is correct.
True
 
False
 
 
Which type of real option allows a project to be expanded if demand turns out to be greater than expected?
Flexibility option
 
Abandonment option
 
Expansion option
 
Timing option
 
 
Consider the following example:
Smoltz Motors has plants around the country that specialize in specific models of cars. Smoltz has determined that lower demand has led the firm’s inventory of SUVs to be too high. Smoltz wants to stop production for its SUVs and focus on its sedans.
 
This example describes a real option to (expand/ abandon)  .
 
Please do not answer in excel, use math formulas
 
Thank you!
 
 
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