The value of being lucky: option backdating and nondiversifiable risk

DOI10.1142/S0219024921500230MaRDI QIDQ5010076zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Vicky Henderson, Jia Sun, A. Elizabeth Whalley

Publication date 24 August 2021

Published in International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1142/s0219024921500230

zbMATH Keywords

American optionsexecutive stock optionslookback optionsoption backdatingutility indifference pricing

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stopping times; optimal stopping problems; gambling theory (60G40) Derivative securities (option pricing, hedging, etc.) (91G20)

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