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This framework is therefore ā€œbroader than ā€˜option pricingā€™ because it encompasses the full gamut of valuation approaches directed toward the pricing of contingent claims.ā€ This would include "the full range of models designed to price government, corporate, and
32:ā€ asset, or more generally, that is dependent on the realization of some uncertain future event. These are so named, since there is only a payoff under certain contingencies. Any derivative instrument that is not a contingent claim is called a 122:, and to then use claims to represent and value state outcomes. Thus given a definition of risky states, all financial instruments and arrangements can be represented as combinations of contingent claims on those states. See 160:, is ā€œthe acceptance, at least in some cases, that the value of an asset may be greater than the present value of expected cash flows, if the cash flows are contingent on the occurrence or non-occurrence of an eventā€. This 98:
is widely used as a framework both for developing pricing models, and for extending the theory. Thus, from its origins in option pricing and the valuation of corporate liabilities, it has become a major approach to
175:. The fundamental premise here, is that ā€œdiscounted cash flow models tend to understate the value of assets that provide payoffs that are contingent on the occurrence of an event." See 396:
Black, Fischer; Myron Scholes (1973). "The Pricing of Options and Corporate Liabilities". Journal of Political Economy. 81 (3): 637ā€“654. doi:10.1086/260062.
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While these models were initially used to value traded options, there has been an attempt in recent years to extend the reach of these models into
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David F. Babbel and Craig R. Merrill (1996). Valuation of Interest-Sensitive Financial Instruments (SOA Monograph M-FI96-1). Wiley.
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Valuation Techniques: Discounted Cash Flow, Earnings Quality, Measures of Value Added, and Real Options
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there. (One major modification here is that these models often rely on a
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also often inhere optionality and must then be modeled correspondingly.
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to measure the value of assets that share option-like characteristics.
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which similarly exhibit option like characteristics. Examples are
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The general approach here is to define risky outcomes relative to
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are forward commitments, since these grant no such optionality.
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Contingent claim valuation is also used to value specific
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What kinds of derivatives are types of contingent claims?
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A contingent-claims valuation of convertible securities
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whose future payoff depends on the value of another ā€œ
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Business valuation Ā§ Option pricing approaches
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finance
derivative
underlying
option
vanilla
swaps
forwards
futures
financial economics
corporate finance
valuation framework
Robert C. Merton
Merton model
financial economics
intertemporal equilibrium under uncertainty
mortgage-backed securities
fixed income securities
states of the world
Arrow-Debreu security
Risk-neutral measure
Financial economics Ā§ State prices
Corporate finance Ā§ Valuing flexibility
Business valuation Ā§ Option pricing approaches
Valuation (finance) Ā§ Valuation overview
corporate finance
option pricing models
more traditional valuation
Real options valuation
Ā§ Applicability of standard techniques
replicating portfolio

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