When are real options exercised? An empirical study of mine closings

被引:153
作者
Moel, A
Tufano, P
机构
[1] Harvard Sch Business, Boston, MA 02163 USA
[2] NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
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10.1093/rfs/15.1.35
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F8 [财政、金融];
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0202 ;
摘要
In this article, we study a well-known real option: the opening and closing of mines. Using a new database that tracks the annual opening and closing decisions of 285 developed North American gold mines in the period 1988-1997, we find that the real options model is a useful descriptor of mines' opening and shutting decisions. In addition, we find that the decision whether to shut a mine is related to firm-specific managerial factors not normally considered within a strict real options model.
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