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Stochastic dominance theory is appealing because of its nonparametric orientation. Stochastic dominance bounds on american option prices in. The literature argues that sd is a robust criterion for policy evaluation because it requires minimal knowledge of the social welfare function. Lower bounds on the reservation purchase price of an american put implied by proposition 1 and upper bounds on the reservation write price implied by proposition 2, as functions of the transaction costs rate and the striketoprice ratio, ks, under lognormal return distribution. Abstract and simplify basic economic problems through the application of.
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