Financial Management: Theory & Practice
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Author: Brigham
Publisher: Cengage
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Chapter 8, Problem 3P
Assume that you have been given the following information on Purcell Corporation’s call options:
According to the Black-Scholes option pricing model, what is the option’s value?
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