TY - BOOK AU - Shafer,Glenn AU - Vovk,Vladimir TI - Probability and finance : : it’s only a game! / T2 - Wiley series in probability and statistics. SN - 0471402265 (acid-free paper) U1 - 332.011 21 PY - 2001/// CY - New York : PB - J. Wiley & Sons, KW - Investments KW - Mathematics KW - Statistical decision KW - Financial engineering N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-401) and index; Preface -- Probability and Finance as a Game -- PROBABILITY WITHOUT MEASURE -- The Historical Context -- The Bounded Strong Law of Large Numbers -- Kolmogorov's Strong Law of Large Numbers -- The Law of the Iterated Logarithm -- The Weak Laws -- Lindeberg's Theorem -- The Generality of Probability Games -- FINANCE WITHOUT PROBABILITY -- Game-Theoretic Probability in Finance -- Games for Pricing Options in Discrete Time -- Games for Pricing Options in Continuous Time -- The Generality of Game-Theoretic Pricing -- Games for American Options -- Games for Diffusion Processes -- The Game-Theoretic Efficient-Market Hypothesis -- References -- Photograph Credits -- Notation -- Index N2 - Provides a foundation for probability based on game theory rather than measure theory -- A strong philosophical approach with practical applications -- Presents in-depth coverage of classical probability theory as well as new theory ER -