Barrier Option Pricing in Regime Switching Models with Rebates

Abstract

This paper is concerned with the valuation of single and double barrier knock-out call options in a Markovian regime switching model with specific rebates. The integral formulas of the rebates are derived via matrix Wiener-Hopf factorizations and Fourier transform techniques, also, the integral representations of the option prices are constructed. Moreover, the first-passage time density functions in two-state regime model are derived. As applications, several numerical algorithms and numerical examples are presented.