Arbeitspapier

On a new class of barrier options

A barrier option is a financial derivative which includes an activation (or deactivation) clause within a standard vanilla option. For instance, a copper mining company could secure to sell in at least K dollars each ton of copper during the next year, by buying M European put options. However, it could purchase a less expensive derivative (a barrier option) which includes a clause which deactives the contract if ever the price of copper is below B dollars (for B

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Working Papers ; No. 2014-23

Classification
Wirtschaft
General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data)
Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
Contingent Pricing; Futures Pricing; option pricing
Subject
Pearcey function
boundary crossing
heat equation
Rayleigh equation
option pricing
boundary options

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
del Valle, Gerardo Hernández
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Banco de México
(where)
Ciudad de México
(when)
2014

Handle
Last update
10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET

Data provider

This object is provided by:
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft. If you have any questions about the object, please contact the data provider.

Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • del Valle, Gerardo Hernández
  • Banco de México

Time of origin

  • 2014

Other Objects (12)