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( Keep four digits after the decimal point in calculation and round final answer to two places ) Call options expiring in one year is

(Keep four digits after the decimal point in calculation and round final answer to two places)
Call options expiring in one year is priced using a 3-period binomial tree. You are given:
(i)u=1.2,d=0.8
(ii) The current stock price is 1000.
(iii) The continuously compounded dividend yield of the underlying stock is 0.07.
(iv) The continuously compounded risk -free interest rate is 0.09
Find
(1) The premium of at-the-money European call option. (2pts)
(2) The premium of at-the-money American call option. (2pts)
(3) Is there early exercise in the option? If yes, find the early exercise node. What is the early exercise premium (the difference between American option and the European option).(2pts)
(4) If you are selling ten American call option at node u, you use replicated portfolio to hedge your shorting, how many stocks and bonds you need to buy/sell in your hedging at time h (for node u?(2pts)
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