Sensitivity analysis of the optimal exercise boundary of the American put option
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Nasir Rehman
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Sultan Hussain
Abstract
We consider the American put problem in a general one-dimensional diffusion model. The risk-free interest rate is constant, and volatility is assumed to be a function of time and stock price. We use the well-known parabolic obstacle problem and establish the continuity estimate of the optional exercise boundaries of the American put option with respect to the local volatilities, which may be considered as a generalization of the Achdou results [1].
Funding statement: The authors wish to gratefully acknowledge the financial support from their corresponding universities.
Acknowledgements
The authors wish to gratefully acknowledge the constructive comments of the anonymous referees which helped us a lot in improving the paper.
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