Option Pricing, Zero Lower Bound, and COVID-19

This paper provides a quantitative assessment of equity options priced at the Zero Lower Bound, i.e., when interest rates are set essentially to zero. We obtain closed form formulas for American options when the Zero Lower Bound policy holds. We perform numerical implementation of American put optio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Giacomo Morelli, Lea Petrella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-09-01
Series:Risks
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9091/9/9/167