%0 Journal Article %A Mark Kritzman %T The Most Successful Theory of Economics %D 2012 %R 10.3905/jod.2012.20.1.010 %J The Journal of Derivatives %P 10 %V 20 %N 1 %X Ross has called options pricing theory “the most successful theory in all of economics.” Kritzman expands on Ross’s comment to justify this assertion and notes the role of The Journal of Derivatives in disseminating the benefits of this most successful of theories to the world at large.TOPICS: Options, portfolio theory, VAR and use of alternative risk measures of trading risk %U https://jod.pm-research.com/content/iijderiv/20/1/10.full.pdf