XYZ Corp. will pay a $2 per share dividend in 2 months. Its stock price currently is

Question:

XYZ Corp. will pay a $2 per share in 2 months. Its stock price currently is $60 per share. A call option on XYZ has an exercise price of $55 and 3-month time to expiration. The risk-free interest rate is .5% per month, and the stock’s volatility (standard deviation) = 7% per month. Find the pseudo-American option value.

Dividend
A dividend is a distribution of a portion of company’s earnings, decided and managed by the company’s board of directors, and paid to the shareholders. Dividends are given on the shares. It is a token reward paid to the shareholders for their...