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A Matched Asymptotic Expansions Approach to Continuity Corrections for Discretely Sampled Options. Part 2: Bermudan Options

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The paper discusses the 'continuity correction' that should be applied to connect the prices of discretely sampled American put options (i.e. Bermudan options) and their continuously-sampled equivalents. Using a matched asymptotic expansions approach the correction is computed and related to that discussed by Broadie, Glasserman & Kou (1997) (Mathematical Finance, 7, p.325 for barrier options. In the Bermudan case, the continuity correction is an order of magnitude smaller than in the corresponding barrier problem. It is also shown that the optimal exercise boundary in the discrete case is slightly higher than in the continuously sampled case.

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  • Sam Howison, 2007. "A Matched Asymptotic Expansions Approach to Continuity Corrections for Discretely Sampled Options. Part 2: Bermudan Options," Applied Mathematical Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 14(1), pages 91-104.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apmtfi:v:14:y:2007:i:1:p:91-104
    DOI: 10.1080/13504860600858410
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    1. Sam Howison & Mario Steinberg, 2007. "A Matched Asymptotic Expansions Approach to Continuity Corrections for Discretely Sampled Options. Part 1: Barrier Options," Applied Mathematical Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 14(1), pages 63-89.
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    2. Sam Howison & Mario Steinberg, 2007. "A Matched Asymptotic Expansions Approach to Continuity Corrections for Discretely Sampled Options. Part 1: Barrier Options," Applied Mathematical Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 14(1), pages 63-89.
    3. Takashi Kato & Akihiko Takahashi & Toshihiro Yamada, 2012. "A Semi-group Expansion for Pricing Barrier Options," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-841, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo.
    4. Yang, Nian & Chen, Nan & Liu, Yanchu & Wan, Xiangwei, 2017. "Approximate arbitrage-free option pricing under the SABR model," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 83(C), pages 198-214.
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    7. Michael B. Giles & Francisco Bernal, 2017. "Multilevel estimation of expected exit times and other functionals of stopped diffusions," Papers 1710.07492, arXiv.org, revised Sep 2018.
    8. Simona Svoboda-Greenwood, 2009. "Displaced Diffusion as an Approximation of the Constant Elasticity of Variance," Applied Mathematical Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 16(3), pages 269-286.
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    12. Lingfei Li & Vadim Linetsky, 2015. "Discretely monitored first passage problems and barrier options: an eigenfunction expansion approach," Finance and Stochastics, Springer, vol. 19(4), pages 941-977, October.
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