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Hitting time and time change 

Author: Victor E. Vaugirard a
Affiliation:   a TEAM-CNRS, University of Paris at Sorbonne, F-75013 Paris, France
DOI: 10.1080/1350486042000190340
Publication Frequency: 6 issues per year
Published in: journal Applied Mathematical Finance, Volume 11, Issue 1 March 2004 , pages 77 - 94
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Abstract

This paper determines first-passage time distributions with a twofold emphasis on the dynamics of the state variables and interest rate uncertainty. Underlyings follow two-dimensional geometric Brownian motions, Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processes or Poisson jump-diffusion processes, and boundaries are either fixed or indexed on risk-free bonds. Forward-neutral changes of numeraire enable one to derive generic valuation expressions, while changing time allows one to determine closed-form solutions for geometric Brownian motions and moving barriers. In turn, the latter formulas are used to reduce the variance of Monte Carlo simulations in the case of jump-diffusion processes, by means of the control variate method.
Keywords: digital option; soft barrier; forward-neutral measure; time change; jump-diffusion process
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