The Cox, Ross, and Rubinstein binomial model is generalized to the multinomial case. Limits are investigated and shown to yield the Black-Scholes formula in the case of continuous sample paths for a wide variety of complete market structures. In the discontinuous case a Merton-type formula is...

A concise guide to asset pricing, this text assumes a knowledge of graduate level microeconomics. It explores the fundamental ideas underlying competitive financial asset pricing models with synthetic information. This new edition explores recent models appearing in the literature.

A Behavioral Approach to Asset Pricing Theory examines the reigning assumptions of asset pricing theory and reconstructs them to incorporate findings from behavioral finance. It constructs a solid, intact structure that challenges classic assumptions and at the same time provides a strong theory...