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     Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology

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2014(Vol.7, Issue:24)
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Mean-Reverting Valuation of Real Options for International Railway Construction Projects

David Liu and Huang Yan
Corresponding Author:  David Liu 
Submitted: March ‎13, ‎2014
Accepted: ‎April ‎26, ‎2014
Published: June 25, 2014
Abstract:
This study proposes to employ a mean-reverting model to evaluate the real options embedded in international railway construction projects. The application of mean-reverting models has usually had the difficulty of defining suitable mean-reverting variables for evaluating railway construction projects. The innovative aspect in this research is the formation and calibration of the mean-reverting models we have proposed, in which underlying variables related to the present value of a railway project normalized by either the length of a railway track or the construction time are assumed to follow stochastic mean-reversion processes. Through an example, we show that this assumption enabled us to have evaluated the abandonment option embedded in the construction project by calibrating the parameters with Euler’s estimation and maximum likelihood estimation.

Key words:  Investment under uncertainty, mean reverting process, railway construction projects, real option valuation, , ,
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David Liu and Huang Yan, . Mean-Reverting Valuation of Real Options for International Railway Construction Projects. Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology, (24): 5271-5277.
ISSN (Online):  2040-7467
ISSN (Print):   2040-7459
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