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Optimal Early Retirement Near the Expiration of a Pension Plan

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  • E. Chevalier

    (Université d’Évry-Val d’Essonne)

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In a recent paper, Friedman and Shen (Finance Stoch 6: 273–302, 2002) have considered a pension plan with the option of early retirement. They showed that the financial value V of the retirement benefits is the solution of a variational inequality and have studied the associated free boundary. A description of the free boundary near maturity is given, thanks to integral equation methods. However, V is also the solution of an optimal stopping problem very close to the American option valuation problem. Comparing V to specific options, we derive an expansion of the free boundary near the expiration of the pension plan.

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  • E. Chevalier, 2006. "Optimal Early Retirement Near the Expiration of a Pension Plan," Finance and Stochastics, Springer, vol. 10(2), pages 204-221, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:finsto:v:10:y:2006:i:2:d:10.1007_s00780-006-0003-7
    DOI: 10.1007/s00780-006-0003-7
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    1. Avner Friedman & Weixi Shen, 2002. "A variational inequality approach to financial valuation of retirement benefits based on salary," Finance and Stochastics, Springer, vol. 6(3), pages 273-302.
    2. Etienne Chevalier, 2005. "Critical Price Near Maturity For An American Option On A Dividend‐Paying Stock In A Local Volatility Model," Mathematical Finance, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 15(3), pages 439-463, July.
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    Free boundary; Optimal stopping; Variational inequality;
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