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Real Options "in" Projects and Systems Design ... - Title Page - MIT

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71price rather than as a function of the logarithm of price, the curve will appear positivelyskewed with tails more nearly depicting the observed behavior of stock prices.Lognormal Density0.450.40.350.30.250.20.150.10.0500 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8Figure 3-5 Lognormal DensityLognormality arises from the process of return compounding, in other words, thelognormal property of stock prices applies when the return rate earned on a stockbetween time 0 <strong>and</strong> t is continuously compounded. It is important to distinguish thecontinuously compounded rate of return <strong>and</strong> the annualized return with no compounding1 S S0as ( ) .t St−03.3. <strong>Options</strong> Valuation ToolsThe first model to calculate options value is the Black-Scholes formula, which issometimes regarded as arcane. Interests in option pricing, however, has picked up inrecent years as more powerful computers can aid very sophisticated model building.

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