Option Pricing Under a Double Exponential Jump Diffusion Model

  • Authors:
  • S. G. Kou;Hui Wang

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of IEOR, Columbia University, 312 Mudd Building, New York, New York 10027;Division of Applied Mathematics, Brown University, Box F, Providence, Rhode Island 02912

  • Venue:
  • Management Science
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

Analytical tractability is one of the challenges faced by many alternative models that try to generalize the Black-Scholes option pricing model to incorporate more empirical features. The aim of this paper is to extend the analytical tractability of the Black-Scholes model to alternative models with jumps. We demonstrate that a double exponential jump diffusion model can lead to an analytic approximation for finite-horizon American options (by extending the Barone-Adesi and Whaley method) and analytical solutions for popular path-dependent options (such as lookback, barrier, and perpetual American options). Numerical examples indicate that the formulae are easy to implement, and are accurate.