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Bayesian Dividend Optimization and Finite Time Ruin Probabilities

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  • Gunther Leobacher
  • Michaela Szolgyenyi
  • Stefan Thonhauser

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We consider the valuation problem of an (insurance) company under partial information. Therefore we use the concept of maximizing discounted future dividend payments. The firm value process is described by a diffusion model with constant and observable volatility and constant but unknown drift parameter. For transforming the problem to a problem with complete information, we derive a suitable filter. The optimal value function is characterized as the unique viscosity solution of the associated Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation. We state a numerical procedure for approximating both the optimal dividend strategy and the corresponding value function. Furthermore, threshold strategies are discussed in some detail. Finally, we calculate the probability of ruin in the uncontrolled and controlled situation.

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  • Gunther Leobacher & Michaela Szolgyenyi & Stefan Thonhauser, 2016. "Bayesian Dividend Optimization and Finite Time Ruin Probabilities," Papers 1602.04660, arXiv.org.
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