Chourdakis, Kyriakos; Dendramis, Yiannis; Tzavalis, Elias - In: Journal of Empirical Finance 28 (2014) C, pp. 151-170
In this paper we develop a discrete-time pricing model for European options where the log-return of the underlying asset is subject to discontinuous regime shifts in its mean and/or volatility which follow a Markov chain. The model allows for multiple regime shifts whose risk cannot be hedge out...