Paper 2, Section II, 29K
Part II, 2020
Let be a discrete-time asset price model in with numéraire.
(i) What is meant by an arbitrage for such a model?
(ii) What does it mean to say that the model is complete?
Consider now the case where and where
for some and some independent positive random variables with for all .
(iii) Find an equivalent probability measure such that the discounted asset price is a martingale.
(iv) Does this model have an arbitrage? Justify your answer.
(v) By considering the contingent claim or otherwise, show that this model is not complete.