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Examples <strong>an</strong>d Discussion<br />
Example 2:<br />
This is the same example used <strong>in</strong> Bunch <strong>an</strong>d Johnson (2000) (For<br />
this example, Bunch <strong>an</strong>d Johnson have compared theirs results<br />
with those generated by the b<strong>in</strong>omial method)<br />
Strike price X = $40,<br />
Risk-free <strong>in</strong>terest rate r = 0.0488,<br />
Volatility σ = 0.3,<br />
Time to expiration T = 1 (year),<br />
In terms of the dimensionless variables, the two parameters<br />
<strong>in</strong>volved are<br />
Relative risk-free <strong>in</strong>terest rate γ = 1.084,<br />
Dimensionless time to expiration τ exp = 0.045.<br />
IWIF-II www.sw<strong>in</strong>gtum.com/<strong>in</strong>stitute/IWIF PPT 60/68<br />
Song-P<strong>in</strong>g Zhu, SMAS, April 26, 2007 0-59