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    Investing in perennial pastures - A real options approach

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    Authors
    Tozer, Peter
    Stokes, J.
    Date
    2009
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Tozer, Peter and Stokes, Jeffrey. 2009. Investing in perennial pastures - A real options approach. Review of Agricultural Economics 31 (1): pp. 88-102.
    Source Title
    Review of Agricultural Economics
    DOI
    10.1111/j.1467-9353.2008.01427.x
    ISSN
    10587195
    School
    Department of Agribusiness
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    Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31494
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    In investment analysis, uncertainty and irreversibility can undermine net present value(NPV) as a decision rule since the option to delay investment may have value. We applythe real option theory of investment to the pasture investment decision facing livestockproducers in southwestWestern Australia. In 2006, livestock producers thinned their herdsas pasture availability dwindled due to extreme drought conditions. This left producerswith a unique opportunity to either establish new perennial pastures for their cattle orutilize volunteer annual pasture and invest in more sheep breeders. In either case, largeand irreversible investments fraught with multiple sources of uncertainty implies that onecan gain useful insights by casting the investment problem in a real option context. Theresults suggest that required rates of return for each investment alternative are about 1% to 1.5% higher than standard NPV would suggest with sheep production having the lower required rate of return.

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