After a call contract is created, the outcome must be a zero-sum game; that is, the call

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After a call contract is created, the outcome must be a zero-sum game; that is, the call writer may win or lose $N, but the call buyer will experience an opposite return of exactly $N and consequently their aggregate payoff is zero. Given this fact, can you explain how they could both enter into the contract anticipating a positive return?
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Financial Theory and Corporate Policy

ISBN: 978-0321127211

4th edition

Authors: Thomas E. Copeland, J. Fred Weston, Kuldeep Shastri

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