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Extracting risk aversion estimates from option prices/implied volatility

The risk neutral density function is the distribution implied by the market price of derivative securities, namely options. It encloses the assumption that arbi-trage free conditions persist in the market. Given the historical evolution of stock prices, an investor will form some belief about the future progression of the stock price.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uct/oai:localhost:11427/11350
Date January 2010
CreatorsPillay, Aveshen
ContributorsHassan, Shakill
PublisherUniversity of Cape Town, Faculty of Commerce, Division of Actuarial Science
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeMaster Thesis, Masters, MPhil
Formatapplication/pdf

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