, , , , two periods, gross risk-free return per period. (a) Compute the risk-neutral probability. (b) Price the European put and the American put by backward induction. Identify the node where early exercise is optimal. (c) Compute the replicating portfolio at the root for the American put and verify that it reproduces the two time-1 values.
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