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Journal of Financial Economics Vol. 9 No. 2 1981

On the valuation of American call options on stocks with known dividends

Robert E. Whaley

Vanderbilt University

Abstract

Both the Roll and the Geske equations for the valuation of the American call option on a stock with known dividends are incorrectly specified. This note presents the corrected valuation formula, explains the misspecifications and provides a numerical example.

DOI
10.1016/0304-405x(81)90013-1
Volume
9
Issue
2
Pages
207-211
Language
en
Sources
bibtex:phds-export.bib openalex crossref

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