Arbitrage

Instructor: Sérgio O. Parreiras

Course: ECON 510 - Advanced Microeconomic Theory

Consider a financial-markets economy with three states: $s_0$, $s_1$, $s_2$. There are also three financial assets: $a$, $b$, $c$ whose (gross) returns in each state are:

Asset State $\quad s_0$ State $\quad s_1$ State $\quad s_2$
Asset $a$ -1 ? ?
Asset $b$ -1 ? ?
Asset $c$ -1 ? ?

Question 1: Are there arbitrage opportunities in this economy?
Question 2: Create a portfolio to exploit the arbitrage opportunity

Enter the dollar amount you would invest in each asset. If you are selling (shorting) an asset, enter a negative amount.