Explicit solutions to European options in a regime-switching economy

We provide closed-form solutions for European option values when the dynamics of both the short rate and volatility of the underlying price process are modulated by a continuous-time Markov chain with a finite number of ''economic states''. Extensions involving dividends, currencies and cost of carry are further explored.

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