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The current price of Kinston Corporation stock is $10.In each of the next two years,this stock price can either go up by $3.00 or go down by $2.00.Kinston stock pays no dividends.The one-year risk-free interest rate is 5% and will remain constant.
-Using the binomial pricing model,calculate the price of a two-year put option on Kinston stock with a strike price of $9.

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Definitions:

Elasticity

A measure of how much the quantity demanded or supplied of a good responds to a change in one of its determinants, such as price.

Inferior Goods

Goods for which demand decreases as the income of the consumer increases, opposite to normal goods.

Normal Goods

Goods for which demand increases as the income of consumers increases, and vice versa, holding all other factors constant.

Laffer Effect

Refers to the economic theory proposing that there is an optimal tax rate that maximizes government revenue without hindering economic growth.