Abstract: A dynamic semiparametric pricing method is proposed for financial derivatives, including European and American-type options and convertible bonds. The proposed method is an iterative procedure which uses nonparametric regression to approximate derivative values, and parametric asset models to derive the continuation values. Extension to higher-dimensional option pricing is also developed, in which the dependence structure of financial time series is modeled by copula functions. In the simulation study, we valuate one-dimensional American options, convertible bonds, multi-dimensional American geometric average options, and max options. The considered one-dimensional underlying asset models include the Black-Scholes, jump-diffusion, and NGARCH models and, for the multivariate case, we study copula models such as the Gaussian, Clayton, and Gumbel copulae. Convergence of the method is proved under continuity assumption on the transition densities of the underlying asset models, and the orders of the supnorm errors are derived. Both the theoretical findings and the simulation results show the proposed approach to be tractable for numerical implementation and that it provides a unified and accurate technique for financial derivative pricing.
Key words and phrases: American option, Black-Scholes model, convertible bond, copula, European option, jump-diffusion model, multi-dimensional option pricing, NGARCH model.