Empirical Tests of the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model

question 13

Multiple Choice

Empirical tests of the Black-Scholes option pricing model

• A)show that the model generates values fairly close to the prices at which options trade.
• B)show that the model tends to overvalue deep in the money calls and undervalue deep out of the money calls.
• C)indicate that the mispricing that does occur is due to the possible early exercise of American options on dividend-paying stocks.
• D)A and C.
• E)A,B,and C.

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