The Black-Scholes Model and Its Modifications

2018 ◽  
pp. 153-174
Author(s):  
Jia-An Yan
Keyword(s):  
Black Scholes Model ◽  
Black Scholes

An analytical approximation formula for the pricing of credit default swaps with regime switching

2021 ◽  
Vol 63 ◽  
pp. 143-162
Author(s):  
Xin-Jiang He ◽  
Sha Lin
Keyword(s):  
Regime Switching ◽  
Credit Default Swap ◽  
Analytical Approximation ◽  
Approximation Formula ◽  
Current Time ◽  
Fourier Cosine ◽  
Cosine Series ◽  
Black Scholes Model ◽  
Black Scholes ◽  
Credit Default

We derive an analytical approximation for the price of a credit default swap (CDS) contract under a regime-switching Black–Scholes model. To achieve this, we first derive a general formula for the CDS price, and establish the relationship between the unknown no-default probability and the price of a down-and-out binary option written on the same reference asset. Then we present a two-step procedure: the first step assumes that all the future information of the Markov chain is known at the current time and presents an approximation for the conditional price under a time-dependent Black–Scholes model, based on which the second step derives the target option pricing formula written in a Fourier cosine series. The efficiency and accuracy of the newly derived formula are demonstrated through numerical experiments. doi:10.1017/S1446181121000274

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