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The value of embedded real options: Evidence from consumer automobile lease contracts--A note

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  • Gamba, Andrea
  • Rigon, Riccardo

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Giaccotto et al. [2007. Journal of Finance 62, 411-445] provide a simple model for pricing the cancellation and the purchase options typically embedded in automobile lease contracts, assuming constant interest rates. They show that the cancellation option is worthless because of a penalty applied if the lease is terminated before maturity. We extend their results by developing a model with stochastic interest rates, and show that the cancellation option has a significant value also in presence of the penalty. We provide sufficient conditions to make the cancellation option worthless in our more general framework.

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  • Gamba, Andrea & Rigon, Riccardo, 2008. "The value of embedded real options: Evidence from consumer automobile lease contracts--A note," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 5(4), pages 213-220, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:finlet:v:5:y:2008:i:4:p:213-220
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