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Convex bounds on multiplicative processes, with applications to pricing in incomplete markets

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Extremal distributions have been extensively used in the actuarial literature in order to derive bounds on functionals of the underlying risks, such as stop-loss premiums or ruin probabilities, for instance. In this paper, the idea is extended to a dynamic setting. Specifically, convex bounds on multiplicative processes are derived. Despite their relative simplicity, the extremal processes are shown to produce reasonably accurate bounds on option prices in the classical trinomial model for incomplete markets.

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  • Courtois, Cindy & Denuit, Michel, 2008. "Convex bounds on multiplicative processes, with applications to pricing in incomplete markets," Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 42(1), pages 95-100, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:insuma:v:42:y:2008:i:1:p:95-100
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    1. Martin Schweizer, 1995. "Variance-Optimal Hedging in Discrete Time," Mathematics of Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 20(1), pages 1-32, February.
    2. Denuit, Michel & Lefevre, Claude & Mesfioui, M'hamed, 1999. "On s-convex stochastic extrema for arithmetic risks," Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 25(2), pages 143-155, November.
    3. Denuit, Michel & Lefevre, Claude, 1997. "Some new classes of stochastic order relations among arithmetic random variables, with applications in actuarial sciences," Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 20(3), pages 197-213, October.
    4. Denuit, Michel & Vylder, Etienne De & Lefevre, Claude, 1999. "Extremal generators and extremal distributions for the continuous s-convex stochastic orderings," Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 24(3), pages 201-217, May.
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