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On the Computation of Continuous Time Option Prices Using Discrete Approximations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Kaushik I. Amin
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Abstract

We develop a class of discrete, path-independent models to compute prices of American options within the Black-Scholes (1973) framework, including models in which state variables have time-varying volatility functions and models with multiple state variables. Time-varying volatility functions are illustrated with applications to term structure models developed by Vasicek (1977) and Heath, Jarrow, and Morton (1988), (1990). Distinct from previous work in the literature, the multivariate models suggested in this paper are consistent with arbitrarily large, though constant, covariance functions. Finally, we compare and contrast the numerical accuracy of a large number of models with simulation results.

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Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis , Volume 26 , Issue 4 , December 1991 , pp. 477 - 495
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Copyright © School of Business Administration, University of Washington 1991

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