Parimutuel Applications in Finance : New Markets for New Risks /

Financial intermediaries typically offer derivatives to their customers only when they can hedge the exposures from these transactions. Baron and Lange show that parimutuel auctions can be used by financial intermediaries to offer derivatives without exposing themselves to risk.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Baron, Ken (Author), Lange, Jeffrey (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Series:Finance and capital markets.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Financial intermediaries typically offer derivatives to their customers only when they can hedge the exposures from these transactions. Baron and Lange show that parimutuel auctions can be used by financial intermediaries to offer derivatives without exposing themselves to risk.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XXVII, 278 pages)
ISBN:9780230627505
DOI:10.1057/9780230627505