In order to get the price of a contingent claim with random interval payoff, a concept of fair price was proposed based on weighted expected utility maximization. After setting up a programming model of maximizing the...In order to get the price of a contingent claim with random interval payoff, a concept of fair price was proposed based on weighted expected utility maximization. After setting up a programming model of maximizing the weighted expected utility involving basic securities and contingent claim,and using techniques in optimization analysis,explicit expressions of the fair price interval for a contingent claim were derived. Relations between acceptable price interval and fair price interval were discussed. It is shown that all fair prices fit the demand for acceptability of a market.展开更多
文摘In order to get the price of a contingent claim with random interval payoff, a concept of fair price was proposed based on weighted expected utility maximization. After setting up a programming model of maximizing the weighted expected utility involving basic securities and contingent claim,and using techniques in optimization analysis,explicit expressions of the fair price interval for a contingent claim were derived. Relations between acceptable price interval and fair price interval were discussed. It is shown that all fair prices fit the demand for acceptability of a market.