Research Article

Incorporating Overconfidence into Real Option Decision-Making Model of Metal Mineral Resources Mining Project

Table 4

Simulation result under different overconfidence coefficient ( ).

Overconfidence coefficientTrigger valueOption value

0.054.330 × 10114.237 × 1011
0.104.597 × 10114.504 × 1011
0.154.776 × 10114.683 × 1011
0.204.908 × 10114.815 × 1011
0.255.010 × 10114.917 × 1011
0.305.092 × 10114.999 × 1011
0.355.158 × 10115.065 × 1011
0.405.213 × 10115.120 × 1011
0.455.260 × 10115.167 × 1011
0.505.300 × 10115.207 × 1011
0.555.335 × 10115.242 × 1011
0.605.366 × 10115.273 × 1011
0.655.393 × 10115.300 × 1011
0.705.417 × 10115.324 × 1011
0.755.439 × 10115.346 × 1011
0.805.458 × 10115.365 × 1011
0.855.476 × 10115.383 × 1011
0.905.492 × 10115.399 × 1011
0.955.506 × 10115.413 × 1011
1.005.520 × 10115.427 × 1011

Note: when overconfidence coefficient is 1, it means that investment decision-maker bears no overconfidence. Since it has no negative effect on the model, the data has been kept for further illustration.