A new approach to check the free boundary of single factor interest rate put option
Allegretto, WalterDepartment of Mathematical Sciences, University of Alberta
Barone-Adesi, GiovanniIstituto di finanza (IFin), Facoltà di scienze economiche, Università della Svizzera italiana, Svizzera
Dinenis, EliasCity University Business School, City University Business School, London, United Kingdom
Lin, YangpinDepartment of Mathematical Sciences, University of Alberta
Sorwar, GhulamCity University Business School, City University Business School, London, United Kingdom
2000
30 p.
English
The application of Green’s theorem to free boundary problems in option pricing leads to a new metric to measure numerical errors. Free boundaries for a variety of interest rate models are computed more accurately through minimization of our metric.