Implied Risk-neutral Probability Density Functions From Option Prices: Theory and Application

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1 January 1998

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Published by Elsevier in SSRN Electronic Journal

https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.77429

Abstract

Due to their forward-looking nature, derivative markets provide monetary authorities with a rich source of information for gauging market sentiment. For example

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