问题如下:
4. What is the NPV (C$ millions) of the optimal set of investment decisions for Society Services including the expansion option?
选项:
A.6.34.
B.12.68.
C.31.03.
解释:
B is correct.
Assume we are at time = 1. The NPV of the expansion (at time 1) if demand is "high" is
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The NPV of the expansion (at time 1) if demand is "low" is
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The optimal decision is to expand if demand is "high" and not expand if "low."
Because the expansion option is exercised only when its value is positive, which happens 50 percent of the time, the expected value of the expansion project, at time zero, is
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The total NPV of the initial project and the expansion project is
NPV = –C$5.663 million + C$18.346 million = C$12.683 million
The optional expansion project, handled optimally, adds sufficient value to make this a positive NPV project.
这么计算隐含着一个假设,那就是在t=1的时候需求是高的,2-10年也就是后面跟着的9年需求都是高的。而其实这样的假设并不合理。