In the present paper we provide an analytical solution for pricing discrete barrier options in the Black-Scholes framework. We reduce the valuation problem to a Wiener-Hopf equation that can be solved analytically. We are able to give explicit expressions for the Greeks of the contract. The...

Standard approaches to estimating credit default probability estimation have certain drawbacks, most importantly regarding the underestimation of the true default probability which remains an undesirable property in sovereign risk management. As an alternative, this research applies a...