We propose the eigenfunction expansion method for pricing options in linear-quadratic terms structure models. The eigenvalues, eigenfunctions and adjoint functions are calculated using elements of the representation theory of Lie algebras not only in the self-adjoint case but in non-selfadjoint...

We analyze and compare the performance of the Fourier transform method in affine and quadratic term structure models. We explain why the method of the reduction to FFT in dimension one is efficient for ATSMs of type $A_0(n)$ but may lead to sizable errors for QTSMs unless computational errors...

In this article we apply Carr's randomization approximation and the operator form of the Wiener-Hopf method to double barrier options in continuous time. Each step in the resulting backward induction algorithm is solved using a simple iterative procedure that reduces the problem of pricing...

We analyze properties of prices of American options under Levy processes, and the related difficulties for design of accurate and efficient numerical methods for pricing of American options. The case of Levy processes with insignificant diffusion component and jump part of infinite activity but...

We suggest two new fast and accurate methods, Fast Wiener-Hopf method (WHF-method) and Iterative Wiener-Hopf method (IWH-method), for pricing barrier options for a wide class of L'evy processes. Both methods use the Wiener-Hopf factorization and Fast Fourier Transform algorithm. Using an...

This paper presents a simple discrete time model for valuing real options. A short proof of optimal exercise rules for the standard problems in the real options theory is given in the binomial and trinomial models, and more generally, when the underlying uncertainty is modelled as a random walk...

We calculate prices of first touch digitals under normal inverse Gaussian (NIG) processes, and compare them to prices in the Brownian model and double exponential jump-diffusion model. Numerical results are produced to show that for typical parameters values, the relative error of the Brownian...

We analyze and compare the performance of the Fourier transform method in affine and quadratic term structure models. We explain why the method of the reduction to FFT in dimension 1 is efficient for ATSMs of type A0(n), but may lead to sizable errors for QTSMs unless computational errors are...

This paper is an extended version of the paper 'Practical Guide to Real Options in Discrete Time' (http://econwpa.wustl.edu:80/eps/fin/papers/0405/0405016.pdf), where a general, computationally simple approach to real options in discrete time was suggested. We explicitly formulate conditions of...

An ambiguity averse decision-maker contemplates investment of a fixed size capital into a project with a stochastic profit stream under the Knightian uncertainty. Multiple priors are modeled as a ``cloud" of diffusion processes with embedded compound Poisson jumps. The ``cloud" contains the...