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Stochastic flow approach to Dupire's formula

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Abstract

The equivalent probabilistic formulation of Dupire's PDE is the put-call duality equality. In local volatility models including exponential Lévy jumps, we give a direct probabilistic proof for this result based on stochastic flow arguments. This approach also enables us to check the equivalent probabilistic formulation of various generalizations of Dupire's PDE recently obtained by Pironneau [C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris Ser. I 344(2) 127-133 (2007)] by the adjoint equation technique in the case of complex options.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)521-535
Number of pages15
JournalFinance and Stochastics
Volume11
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2007

Keywords

  • Dupire's PDE
  • Put-call duality
  • Stochastic flows
  • Stock models with jumps and local volatility

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