Pricing European Asian Options with Skewness and Kurtosis in the Underlying Distribution
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چکیده
Numerical valuation model is extended for European Asian options while considering the higher moments of the underlying asset return distribution. The Edgeworth binomial lattice is applied and the lower and upper bounds of the option value are calculated. That the error bound in pricing Asian options from the Edgeworth binomial model is smaller than the error bound model by Chalasani et al. is shown. The approach is used to price the average rate currency option with different skewness and kurtosis. The numerical results show that this approach can effectively deal with the higher moments of the underlying distribution and provide better estimates of option value compared with various studies in literature. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Jrl Fut Mark 28:598–616, 2008
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