This paper presents closed-form expressions for pricing Bermudan options in terms of an infinite series of standard solutions of the Black--Scholes equation. These standard solutions are combined for successive exercise dates using backward induction. At each exercise date, the optimal exercise price of the underlying asset is the root of a one-dimensional nonlinear algebraic equation. Numerical examples demonstrate the convergence of the series to the solution obtained using alternative methods. The work presented precedes a more general approach for Bermudan options on multiple assets involving multi-dimensional Hermite polynomials.
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Volume (Year): 12 (2005) Issue (Month): 4 (December) Pages: 337-349 Download reference. The following formats are available: HTML
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