The Impact on Option Pricing of Specification Error in the Underlying Stock Price Returns (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Merton, Robert C.

 
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At the heart of the derivation of the Black - Scholes option pricing formula is the arbitrage technique by which investors can follow a dynamic pértfolio strategy using the stock and riskless borrowing t0'exactly repro duce the return structure of an option. By following this strategy in com bination with a short position in an option, the investor can eliminate all risk from the total position, and hence to avoid arbitrage.opportunities.

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ISBN 10:  1178548872 ISBN 13:  9781178548877
Verlag: Nabu Press, 2011
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