Anatomy of a meltdown: The risk neutral density for the S&P 500 in the fall of 2008
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Risk neutral density; Implied probabilities; Stock index options; 2008 financial crisis;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G13 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Contingent Pricing; Futures Pricing
- G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
- D84 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Expectations; Speculations
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