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Optimal double stopping of a Brownian bridge

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  • Baurdoux, Erik J.
  • Chen, Nan
  • Surya, Budhi
  • Yamazak, Kazutoshi

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We study optimal double stopping problems driven by a Brownian bridge. The objective is to maximize the expected spread between the payoffs achieved at the two stopping times. We study several cases where the solutions can be solved explicitly by strategies of threshold type.

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  • Baurdoux, Erik J. & Chen, Nan & Surya, Budhi & Yamazak, Kazutoshi, 2015. "Optimal double stopping of a Brownian bridge," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 61618, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
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    Brownian bridge; optimal double stopping; buying-selling strategies;
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