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The Valuation of Contingent Claims: A Survey

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Arbitrage Pricing of Contingent Claims

Part of the book series: Lecture Note in Economics and Mathematical Systems ((LNE,volume 254))

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This chapter surveys the literature on contingent claim valuation. Special emphasis will be given to models that do not assume specific preferences of investors. As far as it is needed in this introductory chapter, a unified framework for the valuation of contingent claims is introduced more or less informally.

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Müller, S. (1985). The Valuation of Contingent Claims: A Survey. In: Arbitrage Pricing of Contingent Claims. Lecture Note in Economics and Mathematical Systems, vol 254. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46560-4_2

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