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On the Equality of Two Lower Bounds on the Call Price: A Note

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Abstract

This note shows that, appearances to the contrary, the lower bounds on the price of a call option obtained by Levy and by Ritchken are identical, and that this common bound is never inferior to the lower bound obtained by Perrakis and Ryan.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © School of Business Administration, University of Washington 1986

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