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A unified approach for the pricing of options relating to averages

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  • Hideharu Funahashi

    (Mizuho Securities Co. Ltd.)

  • Masaaki Kijima

    (Tokyo Metropolitan University)

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In this paper, we consider generalized Asian options and propose a unified approximation method for the pricing of such options when the underlying process is a diffusion. Through numerical examples, we show that our approximation method is accurate enough to be used in practice for the pricing of any type of Asian options that has been treated separately in the literature. Comparisons are made with the existing methods in the literature to support the usefulness of our method.

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  • Hideharu Funahashi & Masaaki Kijima, 2017. "A unified approach for the pricing of options relating to averages," Review of Derivatives Research, Springer, vol. 20(3), pages 203-229, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:kap:revdev:v:20:y:2017:i:3:d:10.1007_s11147-017-9128-4
    DOI: 10.1007/s11147-017-9128-4
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    Keywords

    Generalized Asian option; Floating strike; Fixed strike; Discretely sampled; Continuously sampled; Forward-starting; In-progress; Australian-Asian option;
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    JEL classification:

    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
    • G13 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Contingent Pricing; Futures Pricing
    • G17 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Financial Forecasting and Simulation

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