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A More Accurate Finite Difference Approximation for the Valuation of Options

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Georges Courtadon
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Schwartz [3] proposed a model to solve for the value of a warrant or an option when a closed-form solution of the valuation equation cannot be obtained. This model is based on a difference approximation of the valuation equation and uses standard numerical methods. We intend to show here that the same methods can be used to derive a difference approximation of the solution of the valuation equation which has a greater level of accuracy than Schwartz's approximation.

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Research Article
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Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis , Volume 17 , Issue 5 , December 1982 , pp. 697 - 703
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Copyright © School of Business Administration, University of Washington 1982

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