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This Solutions Manual for Asset Pricing and Portfolio Choice Theory by Kerry Back provides detailed, step-by-step solutions to problems and exercises from the textbook. Designed for students in finance, economics, and quantitative investment courses, it is an essential companion for mastering core concepts such as asset pricing models, risk-return tradeoffs, portfolio optimization, equilibrium theory, and stochastic calculus in finance. Ideal for exam preparation, assignments, or self-study, this resource helps learners build a solid understanding of financial theory while improving problem-solving skills. Perfect for graduate students, researchers, and finance professionals seeking to deepen their knowledge of advanced asset pricing and portfolio choice.

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, Solutions Manual:

Asset Pricing and
Portfolio Choice Theory

Kerry Back

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Part I Single-Period Models

1 Utility Functions and Risk Aversion Coefficients....................................... 3

2 Portfolio Choice and Stochastic Discount Factors.................................... 15

3 Equilibrium and Efficiency.............................................................................................25

4 Arbitrage and Stochastic Discount Factors.................................................... 35

5 Mean-Variance Analysis.................................................................................................... 41

6 Beta Pricing Models.......................................................................................................... 49

7 Representative Investors................................................................................................... 59


Part II Dynamic Models

8 Dynamic Securities Markets........................................................................................ 69

9 Portfolio Choice by Dynamic Programming.................................................. 77

10 Conditional Beta Pricing Models.............................................................................89

11 Some Dynamic Equilibrium Models...................................................................... 91

12 Brownian Motion and Stochastic Calculus........................................................95

13 Continuous-Time Securities Markets and SDF Processes................111

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14 Continuous-Time Portfolio Choice and Beta Pricing............................ 127


Part III Derivative Securities

15 Option Pricing........................................................................................................................ 145

16 Forwards, Futures, and More Option Pricing...............................................159

17 Term Structure Models...................................................................................................175


Part IV Topics

18 Heterogeneous Priors........................................................................................................197

19 Asymmetric Information.............................................................................................. 203

20 Alternative Preferences in Single-Period Models.....................................209

21 Alternative Preferences in Dynamic Models................................................. 215

22 Production Models.............................................................................................................. 225

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