September 2011 The Hartman-Watson distribution revisited: asymptotics for pricing Asian options
Stefan Gerhold
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J. Appl. Probab. 48(3): 892-899 (September 2011). DOI: 10.1239/jap/1316796924

Abstract

Barrieu, Rouault and Yor (2004) determined asymptotics for the logarithm of the distribution function of the Hartman-Watson distribution. We determine the asymptotics of the density. This refinement can be applied to the pricing of Asian options in the Black-Scholes model.

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Stefan Gerhold. "The Hartman-Watson distribution revisited: asymptotics for pricing Asian options." J. Appl. Probab. 48 (3) 892 - 899, September 2011. https://doi.org/10.1239/jap/1316796924

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Published: September 2011
First available in Project Euclid: 23 September 2011

zbMATH: 1279.62041
MathSciNet: MR2884825
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1239/jap/1316796924

Subjects:
Primary: 62E20
Secondary: 60J65

Keywords: Asian option , Hartman-Watson distribution , saddle point method

Rights: Copyright © 2011 Applied Probability Trust

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