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Lookback options and diffusion hitting times: A spectral expansion approach

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Lookback options have payoffs dependent on the maximum and/or minimum of the underlying price attained during the option’s lifetime. Based on the relationship between diffusion maximum and minimum and hitting times and the spectral decomposition of diffusion hitting times, this paper gives an analytical characterization of lookback option prices in terms of spectral expansions. In particular, analytical solutions for lookback options under the constant elasticity of variance (CEV) diffusion are obtained. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin/Heidelberg 2004

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  • Vadim Linetsky, 2004. "Lookback options and diffusion hitting times: A spectral expansion approach," Finance and Stochastics, Springer, vol. 8(3), pages 373-398, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:finsto:v:8:y:2004:i:3:p:373-398
    DOI: 10.1007/s00780-003-0120-5
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    10. Shane Miller, 2007. "Pricing of Contingent Claims Under the Real-World Measure," PhD Thesis, Finance Discipline Group, UTS Business School, University of Technology, Sydney, number 25, July-Dece.
    11. Rafael Mendoza-Arriaga & Vadim Linetsky, 2011. "Pricing equity default swaps under the jump-to-default extended CEV model," Finance and Stochastics, Springer, vol. 15(3), pages 513-540, September.
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