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Simulation-based estimation of state-dependent project volatility

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  • Pedro Godinho

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Project volatility is an essential parameter for real options analysis, and it may also be useful for risk analysis. Many volatility estimation procedures only consider the volatility in the first year of the project. Others consider that different years may have different values of the project volatility. This article takes into account that volatility may change not only with time but also with the state of the project. Two possible definitions for the project volatility are considered, the log-variance and the variance of the project value, and two simulation-based procedures are proposed for estimating state-dependent volatility: two-level simulation and one-and-a-half-level simulation. Computational experiments show that both procedures perform better than the method proposed by Copeland and Antikarov and that the one-and-a-half-level simulation procedure leads to the most accurate estimations of project volatility.

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  • Pedro Godinho, 2018. "Simulation-based estimation of state-dependent project volatility," The Engineering Economist, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 63(3), pages 188-216, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:uteexx:v:63:y:2018:i:3:p:188-216
    DOI: 10.1080/0013791X.2017.1384523
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