We consider option pricing problems in the stochastic volatility jump diffusion model with correlated and contemporaneous jumps in both the return and the variance processes (SVCJ). The option value function solves a partial integro-differential equation (PIDE). We discretize this PIDE in space...

The value of a contingent claim under a jump-diffusion process satisfies a partial integro-differential equation (PIDE). We localize and discretize this PIDE in space by the central difference formula and in time by the second order backward differentiation formula. The resulting system Tnx = b...

This paper presents a novel method to price discretely-monitored single- and double-barrier options in Levy process-based models. The method involves a sequential evaluation of Hilbert transforms of the product of the Fourier transform of the value function at the previous barrier monitoring...

We present a fast and accurate method to compute exponential moments of the discretely observed maximum of a Levy process. The method involves a sequential evaluation of Hilbert transforms of expressions involving the characteristic function of the (Esscher transformed) Levy process. It can be...

In this paper, we consider an optimal portfolio de-leveraging problem, where the objective is to meet specified debt/equity requirements at the minimal execution cost. Permanent and temporary price impact is taken into account. With no restrictions on the relative magnitudes of permanent and...

We introduce the definition of a family of generating functions (FGF) of Toeplitz matrices, which is a generalization of the generating function of Toeplitz matrix. The FGF has an important application in pricing derivatives. The pricing of a European call option leads under certain assumptions...

This dissertation consists of two distinct lines of research e orts. Chapter 2 proposes a general methodology to seek robust solution to multi-stage stochastic optimization problems. Chapters 3, 4 and 5 all deal with models that arise from inventory management and dynamic pricing. Chapter 2...

In this thesis, we study the behavior of bankrupt stocks. Bankrupt stock is a special case of the Hard-to-Borrow stocks. Besides the general nice feature of the Hard-to-borrow feedback for the buy-in demand, the bankrupt stocks could exclude the diffusive effects. This nice property would modify...

In the Black-Scholes-Merton model, as well as in more general stochastic models in finance, the price of an American option solves a parabolic variational inequality. When the variational inequality is discretized, one obtains a linear complementarity problem that must be solved at each time...

We derive an expansion for the (expected) difference between the continuously monitored supremum and evenly monitored discrete maximum over a finite time horizon of a jump diffusion process with i.i.d. normal jump sizes. The monitoring error is of the form $a_0/N^{1/2}$ $ a_1/N^{3/2}$ $ \cdots$...