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In this paper, we derive approximations and bounds for the Esscher price of European-style arithmetic and geometric average options. The asset price process is assumed to be of exponential Levy type with normal inverse Gaussian (NIG) distributed log-returns. Numerical illustrations of the accuracy of these bounds as well as approximations and comparisons of the NIG average option prices with the corresponding...