Introduction
In this chapter we look at some extensions of the basic call option model. In Section 8.2 we consider European call options on dividend-paying securities under three different scenarios for how the dividend is paid. In Section 8.2.1 we suppose that the dividend for each share owned is paid continuously in time at a rate equal to a fixed fraction of the price of the security. In Sections 8.2.2 and 8.2.3 we suppose that the dividend is to be paid at a specified time, with the amount paid equal to a fixed fraction of the price of the security (Section 8.2.2) or to a fixed amount (Section 8.2.3). In Section 8.3 we show how to determine the no-arbitrage price of an American put option. In Section 8.4 we introduce a model that allows for the possibilities of jumps in the price of a security. This model supposes that the security's price changes according to a geometric Brownian motion, with the exception that at random times the price is assumed to change by a random multiplicative factor. In Section 8.4.1 we derive an exact formula for the no-arbitrage cost of a call option when the multiplicative jumps have a lognormal probability distribution. In Section 8.4.2 we suppose that the multiplicative jumps have an arbitrary probability distribution; we show that the no-arbitrage cost is always at least as large as the Black–Scholes formula when there are no jumps, and we then present an approximation for the no-arbitrage cost.
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