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Valuation Lecture 21: Real Options - The Option to Delay | Finance Train

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Valuation Lecture 21: Real Options - The Option to Delay

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This video is a part of online course on Valuation by Professor Aswath Damodaran of NYU. This lecture discusses:

The Black-Scholes Model
Choice of Option Pricing Model
Options in Projects/Investments/Acquisitions
The Option to Delay
Valuing a patent
The Optimal Time to Exercise
Valuing Natural Resource Companies
Valuing Undeveloped Reserves

The class is currently being taught by Prof. Aswath Damodaran at the NYU’s Stern Business School.