TY - JOUR T1 - The Most Successful Theory of Economics JF - The Journal of Derivatives SP - 10 DO - 10.3905/jod.2012.20.1.010 VL - 20 IS - 1 AU - Mark Kritzman Y1 - 2012/08/31 UR - https://pm-research.com/content/20/1/10.abstract N2 - 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 ER -