Assume That a Call Option Has an Exercise Price of $1.50/£

question 56

Multiple Choice

Assume that a call option has an exercise price of $1.50/£. At a spot price of $1.45/£, the call option has:

• A) a time value of $0.04.
• B) a time value of $0.00.
• C) an intrinsic value of $0.00.
• D) an intrinsic value of -$0.04.

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Definitions:

Property Rights

The legal rights to use, control, and derive benefits from a property or resource.

Externality

A consequence of an economic activity experienced by unrelated third parties; it can be either positive or negative.

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External costs, or negative externalities, are costs that are not borne by the parties directly involved in a transaction or activity but are imposed on third parties or society at large, such as pollution.

Internalized

This term generally refers to the absorption of external effects or costs by the decision-maker, often in the context of environmental economics.