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Risk-Neutral Valuation

Risk-neutral valuation (1979) is the fundamental principle that derivative prices equal the expected payoff discounted at the risk-free rate, computed under a risk-neutral probability measure (Q-measure). This principle, formalized by Harrison and Kreps, eliminates the need to estimate risk premia and is the foundation of modern derivatives pricing.

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Risk-Neutral Probability Derivative Valuation
Taxonomic method record · regression-model / quantitative-finance
  • Harrison, J. M., & Kreps, D. M. (1979). Martingales and arbitrage in multiperiod securities markets. Journal of Economic Theory, 20(3), 381-408. · DOI 10.1016/0022-0531(79)90043-7
  • Breeden, D. T., & Litzenberger, R. H. (1978). Prices of state-contingent claims implicit in option prices. Journal of Business, 51(4), 621-651. · DOI 10.1086/296025
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