Local martingales and the fundamental asset pricing theorems in the discrete-time case (Q1387768)

This paper gives simpler proofs of the discrete-time versions of the no-arbitrage theorem and the market completeness theorem of asset pricing theory. A new result in discrete-time martingale theory is derived to establish these proofs. This result states that if \(X\) is a local martingale such that \(E(X^-_n)< \infty\) for all \(n\), or \(E(X^+_n)< \infty\) for all \(n\), then \(X\) is a martingale.