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Classical theories of financial markets assume an infinitely liquid market and that all traders act as price takers. This theory is a good approximation for highly liquid stocks, although even there it does not apply well for large traders or for modelling transaction costs. We extend the classical approach by formulating a new model that takes into account illiquidities. Our approach hypothesizes a stochastic supply curve for a security’s price as a function of trade size. This leads to a new definition of a self-financing trading strategy, additional restrictions on hedging strategies, and some interesting mathematical issues.
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Received: 1 November 2003,
Mathematics Subject Classification:
60G44, 60H05, 90A09
JEL Classification:
G11, G12, G13
Umut Çetin: This work was performed while Dr. Çetin was at the Center for Applied Mathematics, Cornell University
Philip Protter: Supported in part by NSF grant DMS-0202958 and NSA grant MDA-904-03-1-0092 The authors wish to thank M. Warachka and Kiseop Lee for helpful comments, as well as the anonymous referee and Associate Editor for numerous helpful suggestions, which have made this a much improved paper.
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Çetin, U., Jarrow, R.A. & Protter, P. Liquidity risk and arbitrage pricing theory. Finance and Stochastics 8, 311–341 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00780-004-0123-x
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00780-004-0123-x