We extend the framework of real options to value the compound timing option owned by a manager of an industrial asset. The operator has control over the production modes, but faces operational constraints which introduce path-dependency. Moreover, the operator is only able to imperfectly hedge her income on the futures market. Using an exponential indifference valuation approach we construct a ...

We explore the implications of consistency in sequencing problems. We first identify all rules satisfying Pareto indifference, individual rationality, and consistency. Next, we ask whether there is a rule satisfying the three axioms together with either one of two additional own-time monotonicity requirements: an agent should lose (or gain) as a result of changes in his service time. As it turn...