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On the analytical/numerical pricing of American put options against binomial tree prices

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  • Mark Joshi
  • Mike Staunton

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We compare the bias in binomial trees against that in certain analytical/numerical valuation techniques with which they disagree. We consider the CRR tree, the COS method and the Leisen--Reimer as well as the Prekopa--Szantai exponentially smoothed method. We conclude that the binomial trees are unbiased and that the exponentially smoothed method is biased.

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  • Mark Joshi & Mike Staunton, 2012. "On the analytical/numerical pricing of American put options against binomial tree prices," Quantitative Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(1), pages 17-20, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:quantf:v:12:y:2012:i:1:p:17-20
    DOI: 10.1080/14697688.2011.649602
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