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Exercise regions of American options on several assets

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  • Stephane Villeneuve

    (Equipe d'Analyse et de Math\' ematiques AppliquÊes, UniversitÊ de Marne-la-VallÊe, 2 rue de la Butte Verte, F-93166 Noisy-le-Grand Cedex, France Manuscript)

Abstract

In this paper, we study the nonemptiness and the shape of the exercise region of American options written on several assets. Our contribution is threefold. First, we state an analytic theorem which characterizes the nonemptiness of the exercise region. Second, we study a particular class of payoff functions for which we explicitly identify the shape and the asymptotic behavior near maturity of the associated exercise region. Finally, we present additional results which complement the Broadie and Detemple results concerning the valuation of various types of American options on several assets.

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  • Stephane Villeneuve, 1999. "Exercise regions of American options on several assets," Finance and Stochastics, Springer, vol. 3(3), pages 295-322.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:finsto:v:3:y:1999:i:3:p:295-322
    Note: received: June 1997; final version received: July 1998
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    Keywords

    Optimal stopping; free boundary problems; American options;
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    JEL classification:

    • G13 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Contingent Pricing; Futures Pricing

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