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COVID-19 Pandemic, Corporate Investment and the Real Option Value

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  • Chao Yan
  • Ziyi Zhang
  • Yi Feng

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The outbreak of COVID-19 has a huge negative impact on the firms’ business activities. This paper investigates the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on corporate investment and firm value from the real option perspective. Based on the real options-based model (ROM) proposed by Zhang (2000), we find that COVID-19 crisis accelerates low-profitability firms to reduce investment and exercise put options timely, thereby increasing the value of put options. This finding mainly exists in areas where the COVID-19 pandemic was worse and firms that did not receive government subsidies related to COVID-19. We also find that the value of put options is more pronounced for non-state-owned enterprises and firms with higher internal control quality. However, we do not find the change of growth option value of high-profitability firms during the COVID-19, which indicates that it is difficult for high-profitability firms to grasp the investment expansion opportunities under the pandemic. Our study sheds light on the applicability of ROM and the importance of real option in firm valuation under the major public emergencies.

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  • Chao Yan & Ziyi Zhang & Yi Feng, 2023. "COVID-19 Pandemic, Corporate Investment and the Real Option Value," Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 59(13), pages 3842-3865, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:mes:emfitr:v:59:y:2023:i:13:p:3842-3865
    DOI: 10.1080/1540496X.2023.2250907
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