Finite-differences pricing engine for dividend options using escowed dividends model. More...
#include <ql/pricingengines/vanilla/fddividendengine.hpp>
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FDDividendEngineMerton73 (const boost::shared_ptr< GeneralizedBlackScholesProcess > &process, Size timeSteps=100, Size gridPoints=100, bool timeDependent=false) | |
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FDDividendEngineBase (const boost::shared_ptr< GeneralizedBlackScholesProcess > &process, Size timeSteps=100, Size gridPoints=100, bool timeDependent=false) | |
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virtual void | setupArguments (const PricingEngine::arguments *) const |
Real | getDividendAmount (Size i) const |
Real | getDiscountedDividend (Size i) const |
Finite-differences pricing engine for dividend options using escowed dividends model.
The Merton-73 engine is the classic engine described in most derivatives texts. However, Haug, Haug, and Lewis in "Back to Basics: a new approach to the discrete dividend problem" argues that this scheme underprices call options. This is set as the default engine, because it is consistent with the analytic version.