A Series Solution for Bermudan Options
Author:
Ingmar Evers a
| Affiliation: | a NIBCapital Bank, 2517 KJ The Hague, The Netherlands |
DOI:
10.1080/13504860500080263
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Abstract
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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| Keywords: Bermudan options; Repeated integrals of the error function; Backward induction; Series solution; Multi-asset options |
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