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This study explored the option value embedded in a reverse mortgage in Korea through an empirical analysis, using the … Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The value of a reverse mortgage is affected by the variation in house prices. However … maturity, on the option value of a reverse mortgage. The sensitivity results of the key variables supported economic rationales …
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Home Equity Conversion Mortgages ("HECMs'') implicitly bundle put options on borrowers' homes with non-defaultable credit lines. Put proceeds are bequeathable and insure longevity and home prices. Credit use is elective, so the put's expected net present value bounds HECM's value to borrowers...
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Option pricing models are calibrated to market data of plain vanillas by minimization of an error functional. From the economic viewpoint, there are several possibilities to measure the error between the market and the model. These different specifications of the error give rise to different...
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We study the problem of finding the minimal initial capital needed in order to hedge without risk a barrier option when the vector of proportions of wealth invested in each risky asset is constraint to lie in a closed convex domain. In the context of a Brownian diffusion model, we provide a PDE...
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