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48 results for dividend discount model

In this paper, we study the dividend strategies for a shareholder with non-constant discount rate in a diffusion risk model. We assume that the dividends can only be paid at a bounded rate and restrict ourselves to the Markov strategies. This is a time inconsistent control problem. The extended HJB equation is given an…

2013-04-30abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper analyzes optimal dividend and capital injection strategies under time-inconsistent preferences.

problem Optimal dividend and capital injection strategies under time-inconsistent preferences.
method Diffusion risk model with general discount functions, weak equilibrium definition, HJB equation system.
result Explicit solutions and threshold types of optimal strategies derived under different discount functions.

Stochastic dividend discount models (Hurley and Johnson, 1994 and 1998, Yao, 1997) present expressions for the expected value of stock prices when future dividends evolve according to some random scheme. In this paper we try to offer a more precise view on this issue proposing a closed-form formula for the variance of …

2013-11-01abs ↗pdf ↗

A firm with heterogeneous shareholders optimizes dividends under ambiguity aggregation.

problem Optimizing dividends for a firm with heterogeneous shareholders under ambiguity aggregation.
method Characterizing equilibrium dividends using a partition of the state space.
result Time-homogeneous equilibrium dividend law characterized by a partition of the state space.

We consider a modification of the dividend maximization problem from ruin theory. Based on a classical risk process we maximize the difference of expected cumulated discounted dividends and total expected discounted additional funding (subject to some proportional transaction costs). For modelling dividends we use the …

2019-01-18abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper we study the optimal dividend problem for a company whose surplus process evolves as a spectrally positive Levy process. This model including the dual model of the classical risk model and the dual model with diffusion as special cases. We assume that dividends are paid to the shareholders according to ad…

2013-02-09abs ↗pdf ↗

In this note we study the optimal dividend problem for a company whose surplus process, in the absence of dividend payments, evolves as a generalized compound Poisson model in which the counting process is a generalized Poisson process. This model including the classical risk model and the Polya-Aeppli risk model as sp…

2013-05-08abs ↗pdf ↗

Market valuation duration is 175 years, but drops to 46 years during crises.

problem Understanding the duration of market valuation and its impact on returns.
method Comparing market valuation ratios and dividends to estimate duration, analyzing the discount rate effect.
result Valuation duration is negatively correlated with market returns, with a robust out-of-sample R2 of 15%.

The article presents a general discrete time dividend valuation model when the dividend growth rate is a general continuous variable. The main assumption is that the dividend growth rate follows a discrete time semi-Markov chain with measurable space. The paper furnishes sufficient conditions that assure finiteness of …

2016-05-09abs ↗pdf ↗

We consider an insurance entity endowed with an initial capital and a surplus process modelled as a Brownian motion with drift. It is assumed that the company seeks to maximise the cumulated value of expected discounted dividends, which are declared or paid in a foreign currency. The currency fluctuation is modelled as…

2016-03-24abs ↗pdf ↗

Optimal dividend strategy with irreversible reinsurance constraints.

problem Maximizing dividends while adhering to ratcheting and irreversible reinsurance constraints.
method Modeling dividend and reinsurance levels as nondecreasing processes, solving Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation.
result Threshold strategy is optimal for maximizing discounted dividends until ruin.

The aim of this paper is to introduce an insurance model allowing reinsurance and dividend payment. Our model deals with several homogeneous contracts and takes into account the legislation regarding the provisions to be justified by the insurance companies. This translates into some restriction on the (maximal) number…

2008-04-24abs ↗pdf ↗

We consider a two-dimensional optimal dividend problem in the context of two branches of an insurance company with compound Poisson surplus processes dividing claims and premia in some specified proportions. We solve the stochastic control problem of maximizing expected cumulative discounted dividend payments (among al…

2016-03-22abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper we consider the optimal dividend problem for an insurance company whose risk process evolves as a spectrally negative Lévy process in the absence of dividend payments. The classical dividend problem for an insurance company consists in finding a dividend payment policy that maximizes the total expected di…

2007-02-28abs ↗pdf ↗

We investigate the problem of optimal dividend distribution for a company in the presence of regime shifts. We consider a company whose cumulative net revenues evolve as a Brownian motion with positive drift that is modulated by a finite state Markov chain, and model the discount rate as a deterministic function of the…

2008-12-29abs ↗pdf ↗

We address a long-standing open problem in risk theory, namely the optimal strategy to pay out dividends from an insurance surplus process, if the dividend rate can never be decreased. The optimality criterion here is to maximize the expected value of the aggregate discounted dividend payments up to the time of ruin. I…

2019-10-10abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper shows equivalence between two dividend preference models.

problem Understanding investor and firm preferences for dividends.
method Formulated Epstein-Zin preference, proved equivalence with Maenhout's model.
result Robust dividend policy is equivalent to a threshold strategy based on surplus process.

New approach to optimal dividend control with mean-variance criterion.

problem Balancing expected dividends and variability in a singular control framework.
method Game-theoretic approach to find time-consistent equilibrium strategies.
result Verification theorem for MV singular dividend control problem.

In this paper we study the valuation problem of an insurance company by maximizing the expected discounted future dividend payments in a model with partial information that allows for a changing economic environment. The surplus process is modeled as a Brownian motion with drift. This drift depends on an underlying Mar…

2016-02-15abs ↗pdf ↗

We consider an economic agent (a household or an insurance company) modelling its surplus process by a deterministic process or by a Brownian motion with drift. The goal is to maximise the expected discounted spendings/dividend payments, given that the discounting factor is given by an exponential CIR process. In the d…

2018-08-30abs ↗pdf ↗

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 transformi…

2016-02-15abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper introduces an information-based model for the pricing of storable commodities such as crude oil and natural gas. The model uses the concept of market information about future supply and demand as a basis for valuation. Physical ownership of a commodity is taken to provide a stream of convenience dividends eq…

2013-07-21abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper optimizes insurance strategies for two collaborating business lines.

problem Maximizing dividends and managing risk for two collaborating business lines.
method Closed-form solutions for optimal strategies, including dividend payout, reinsurance, and capital injection.
result Optimal strategies involve pure excess-of-loss reinsurance and transferring reserves to prevent ruin.

We consider a two-dimensional optimal dividend problem in the context of two insurance companies with compound Poisson surplus processes, who collaborate by paying each other's deficit when possible. We solve the stochastic control problem of maximizing the weighted sum of expected discounted dividend payments (among a…

2015-05-15abs ↗pdf ↗