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In this paper we study algorithms for pricing of interest rate instruments using recombining tree (scenario lattice) interest models. The price is defined as expected discounted cash flow. If the cash-flow generated by the instrument depends on the full or partial history of interest rates (path-dependent contracts), then pricing algorithms are typically of exponential complexity. We show that for some models, including product form cash-flows, additive cash-flows, delayed cash-flows and limited path-dependent cash-flows, polynomial pricing algorithms exist.
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Hochreiter, R., Pflug, G.C. Polynomial Algorithms for Pricing Path-Dependent Interest Rate Instruments. Comput Econ 28, 291–309 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10614-006-9049-z
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