A put option paradox

Citation
. Grinblatt, Mark et . Johnson, Herb, A put option paradox, Journal of financial and quantitative analysis , 23(1), 1988, pp. 23-26
ISSN journal
00221090
Volume
23
Issue
1
Year of publication
1988
Pages
23 - 26
Database
ACNP
SICI code
Abstract
What happens to the price of a put in a period during which the stock price stays constant? The hedging strategy implicit in the Black-Scholes model would seem to imply that the put goes up in value. Pure arbitrage arguments imply the opposite result. This paper resolves the paradox and uses it to explore the restrictions inherent in the diffusion processes assumed for all option pricing models.