PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Mark Kritzman TI - The Most Successful Theory of Economics AID - 10.3905/jod.2012.20.1.010 DP - 2012 Aug 31 TA - The Journal of Derivatives PG - 10 VI - 20 IP - 1 4099 - https://pm-research.com/content/20/1/10.short 4100 - https://pm-research.com/content/20/1/10.full AB - 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