a) Discuss the concepts of complete capital markets, pure (Arrow-Debreu) securities, and pure factor portfolios. Establish whether the capital market in this case is complete and determine the prices of the pure securities by arbitrage.
a) Discuss the concepts of complete capital markets, pure (Arrow-Debreu) securities, and pure factor portfolios. Establish whether the capital market in this case is complete and determine the prices of the pure securities by arbitrage.
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Transcribed Image Text:Consider a capital market with two securities. The payoffs of these securities in the
two equally likely states of the world are given in the table below.
Payoff
Price
Security
A
в
State 1
State 2
PA = 2
Pg = 3
4
2
3
4
a) Discuss the concepts of complete capital markets,
pure (Arrow-Debreu)
securities, and pure factor portfolios. Establish whether the capital market in this
case is complete and determine the prices of the pure securities by arbitrage.
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