Analysis and Numerical Pricing of Infinite Reload Options
Masterarbeit Wirtschaftsmathematik
Master's Thesis in Financial Mathematics, Halmstad University, Sweden
Supervision
Description
In this thesis we want to investigate numerical methods to price
infinite reload option contracts.
Keywords
optimal exercise, infinite reload options, viscosity solution,
monotone difference scheme
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