Optimal portfolio tracking with dynamic capital injection into a ratcheting benchmark.
problem Optimizing a portfolio's performance by dynamically adding capital to a non-decreasing benchmark.
method Formulated as an unconstrained control problem with a running maximum cost, transformed into an auxiliary problem with a nonlinear HJB equation, solved using probabilistic representation and stochastic flow analysis.
result Established the existence of a unique classical solution to the HJB equation, providing feedback optimal portfolio strategies.
In this paper we propose and solve an optimal dividend problem with capital injections over a finite time horizon. The surplus dynamics obeys a linearly controlled drifted Brownian motion that is reflected at the origin, dividends give rise to time-dependent instantaneous marginal profits, whereas capital injections ar…
We study a singular stochastic control problem faced by the owner of an insurance company that dynamically pays dividends and raises capital in the presence of the restriction that the surplus process must be above a given dividend payout barrier in order for dividend payments to be allowed. Bankruptcy occurs if the su…
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.
Study optimal dividend and capital injection in insurance portfolios with self-exciting claim arrivals.
problem Optimal dividend and capital injection in insurance portfolios with Hawkes process claim arrivals.
method Analytical properties, explicit threshold, HJB variational inequality, finite-difference scheme, policy-gradient, actor-critic methods.
result Learned strategies closely match the PDE benchmark and remain stable across initial conditions.
This paper optimizes tracking portfolios in incomplete markets using reinforcement learning.
problem Optimizing tracking portfolios in incomplete markets with capital injection.
method Reinforcement learning approach for optimal control in reflected diffusion processes.
result Satisfactory performance of the q-learning algorithm in numerical examples.
Optimal dividend strategy with ratcheting and capital injection under Cramér-Lundberg model.
problem Optimal dividend payout for an insurance company with ratcheting constraints and capital injections.
method Systematic probabilistic and PDE-based approach to solve HJB equation, constructing strong solution and optimal strategy.
result Existence and uniqueness of strong solution, explicit optimal feedback control strategy.
Optimal control problem for firm cash flow with dividend and capital injection strategies.
problem Maximizing dividends while managing capital injections in a firm's cash flow.
method Proved two optimal strategies: mean-reverting dividends with capital injections or no injections until ruin.
result Optimal strategies are dichotomous: either mean-reverting dividends with injections or no injections.
Study optimizes CT and microinsurance for efficient social protection in low-income countries.
problem Efficient targeting of cash transfers to reduce social protection costs in low-income countries.
method Modelled household capital dynamics using piecewise-deterministic Markov process, derived HJB equation for optimal injection, used dynamic programming.
result Optimal level of capital injection above poverty threshold for cost-effective social protection.
The paper analyzes insurance risk with Parisian ruin and capital injection.
problem Analyzing insurance risk with Parisian ruin and capital injection.
method Using fluctuation and excursion theory of spectrally negative Levy processes.
result Distributional identities and ruin probabilities are derived.
In this paper, we study the optimal control problem for a company whose surplus process evolves as an upward jump diffusion with random return on investment. Three types of practical optimization problems faced by a company that can control its liquid reserves by paying dividends and injecting capital. In the first pro…
We consider a risk model where deficits after ruin are covered by a new type of reinsurance contract that provides capital injections. To allow the insurance company's survival after ruin, the reinsurer injects capital only at ruin times caused by jumps larger than a chosen retention level. Otherwise capital must be ra…
The paper optimizes insurer's dividend, reinsurance, and capital injection strategies for two collaborating business lines.
problem Maximizing expected total dividend payments while managing risk and preventing ruin.
method Solving the problem using a closed-form value function for optimal strategies.
result Optimal strategies include threshold dividend payout, decreasing reinsured risk, and capital injection to prevent ruin.
In this paper we study a spectrally negative Lévy process which is refracted at its running maximum and at the same time reflected from below at a certain level. Such a process can for instance be used to model an insurance surplus process subject to tax payments according to a loss-carry-forward scheme together with t…
The paper optimizes insurer's decisions on dividends, reinsurance, and capital injection under model uncertainty.
problem Maximizing insurer's expected discounted dividends while managing model uncertainty and risk.
method Modeling reserve levels as diffusion processes, solving for optimal strategies in closed form.
result Optimal strategies include barrier dividend and capital injection policies.
Study systemic risk measures and capital allocation rules, showing commonalities.
problem Systemic risk measures and capital allocation in financial systems.
method Developed a general framework to embed axiomatic and injective capital approaches, introduced Aumann-Shapley CAR.
result Aumann-Shapley CAR provides a universal method for capital allocation regardless of risk measurement.
We study the optimal financing and dividend distribution problem with restricted dividend rates in a diffusion type surplus model where the drift and volatility coefficients are general functions of the level of surplus and the external environment regime. The environment regime is modeled by a Markov process. Both cap…
The paper extends Merton's problem by adding benchmark tracking, finding optimal strategies.
problem Maximizing consumption utility with a trade-off against benchmark performance.
method Developed a convex duality theorem and derived optimal strategies for specific cases.
result Found optimal portfolio and consumption strategies for CRRA utility and geometric Brownian motion benchmarks.
In the present paper, we investigate the optimal capital injection behaviour of an insurance company if the interest rate is allowed to become negative. The surplus process of the considered insurance entity is assumed to follow a Brownian motion with drift. The changes in the interest rate are described via a Markov-s…
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.
The paper solves a control problem using reflections to track a benchmark process.
problem Optimal consumption with a benchmark process that grows over time.
method Introduced two auxiliary state processes with reflections to transform the problem into a more tractable form.
result Established the existence of a unique classical solution to the dual PDE.
This paper investigates dividend optimization of an insurance corporation under a more realistic model which takes into consideration refinancing or capital injections. The model follows the compound Poisson framework with credit interest for positive reserve, and debit interest for negative reserve. Ruin occurs when t…
In this paper, we provide a representation theorem for dynamic capital allocation under It{ô}-L{é}vy model. We consider the representation of dynamic risk measures defined under Backward Stochastic Differential Equations (BSDE) with generators that grow quadratic-exponentially in the control variables. Dynamic capital …
In this paper we consider two problems on optimal implementation delay of taxation with trade-off for spectrally negative Lévy insurance risk processes. In the first case, we assume that an insurance company starts to pay tax when its surplus reaches a certain level b and at the termination time of the business there…
The paper optimizes dividend strategies for companies with assets and liabilities under solvency constraints.
problem Maximizing dividends while adhering to solvency requirements in the face of correlated asset and liability movements.
method Developed verification lemmas to show optimal barrier dividend strategies in two cases: with and without shareholder funding.
result Optimal dividend strategies are barrier-type, derived in closed form and illustrated.
In this paper, we construct a solution to the optimal contract problem for delegated portfolio management of the fist-best (risk-sharing) type. The novelty of our result is (i) in the robustness of the optimal contract with respect to perturbations of the wealth process (interpreted as capital injections), and (ii) in …
Noise Injection probes deep learning dynamics during training phases.
problem Understanding the learning mechanism of deep neural networks.
method Noise Injection Nodes (NINs) are used to perturb DNN architectures without altering the optimization algorithm.
result Distinct training phases are observed based on the scale of injected noise.
The present paper is devoted to the study of a bank salvage model with finite time horizon and subjected to stochastic impulse controls. In our model, the bank's default time is a completely inaccessible random quantity generating its own filtration, then reflecting the unpredictability of the event itself. In this fra…
We investigate the dynamics of growth models in terms of dynamical system theory. We analyse some forms of knowledge and its influence on economic growth. We assume that the rate of change of knowledge depends on both the rate of change of physical and human capital. First, we study model with constant savings. The mod…
Study analyzes price change patterns across different market capitalizations using Markov chains.
problem Understanding price dynamics in limit order markets across various market capitalizations.
method Discrete-time Markov chain analysis of intraday price changes in NASDAQ100 tick data.
result Systematic patterns in price inertia and stability across market capitalizations are identified.
The paper addresses dynamic capital structure models with defaultable debt, proving existence and uniqueness.
problem Dynamic capital structure models with an investor break-even condition may not generate a contraction mapping.
method Provided an example and used a dual problem and change of measure to prove existence and uniqueness.
result A unique Markov-perfect equilibrium exists where firm decisions reflect state-dependent targets.
The paper models foreign capital inflow from the developed to the developing countries in a stochastic dynamic programming (SDP) framework. Under some regularity conditions, the existence of the solutions to the SDP problem is proved and they are then obtained by numerical technique because of the non-linearity of the …
Dynamic model considers private asset markets' complexities.
problem Understanding and optimizing private asset allocation.
method State-of-the-art dynamic model with machine learning.
result Optimal investment policies quantified over fund life.
Paper introduces a new method for allocating capital based on risk measures from ruin theory.
problem Allocating capital to manage risk measures derived from ruin theory.
method Introduces a novel allocation method for dynamic value-at-risk (VaR) measures.
result Demonstrates desirable properties and compares with existing methods.
Optimizes capital structure for life insurance companies with surplus participation.
problem Determining the optimal participation rate in life insurance contracts.
method Adapted Leland's dynamic capital structure model to life insurance context.
result Optimal participation rate is highly sensitive to contract duration and tax rate.
Dynamic reinsurance minimizes insurer's cost of capital over time.
problem Minimizing insurer's cost of capital in a dynamic reinsurance setting.
method Dynamic extension of the static optimal reinsurance problem, viewed as a risk-sensitive Markov Decision Process.
result Existence of a stationary Markovian optimal reinsurance policy under an infinite planning horizon.
Study optimal consumption with relaxed benchmarks and drawdown constraints.
problem Optimal consumption under relaxed benchmark tracking and consumption drawdown constraint.
method Transformed stochastic control problem into regular control problem with state-control constraints, then solved using dual transform and optimal consumption behavior.
result Closed-form solution for optimal investment and consumption in feedback form.
Statistical fields model explains capital allocation and accumulation among firms and investors.
problem Understanding capital allocation and accumulation dynamics among firms and investors.
method Applied statistical fields formalism to heterogeneous agents divided into firms and investors.
result Capital accumulation depends on various factors including long-term returns, competition, and stock price volatility.
This paper studies the optimal dividend problem with capital injection under the constraint that the cumulative dividend strategy is absolutely continuous. We consider an open problem of the general spectrally negative case and derive the optimal solution explicitly using the fluctuation identities of the refracted-ref…
Study examines how mergers and acquisitions affect Indian banks' financial performance and capital structure.
problem Impact of mergers and acquisitions on Indian banks' financial performance and capital structure.
method Statistical analysis using paired t-test on selected banks' annual reports.
result Mergers and acquisitions significantly impact financial performance and capital structure of Indian banks.
Reinsurance can help life insurers maintain higher capital guarantees without losing utility.
problem Decreasing capital guarantees in life insurance products.
method Dynamic investment-reinsurance optimization problem with simultaneous Value-at-Risk and no-short-selling constraints. Introduced guarantee-equivalent utility gain for comparison.
result Optimally managed reinsurance allows insurers to offer higher capital guarantees without reducing expected utility.
Derives formula for present value of future consumer goods multiplier.
problem Evaluating the present value of future consumer goods investments.
method Derives a formula based on geometric sequence and investigates macroeconomic implications.
result The present value of the future consumer goods multiplier is close to one.
Model analyzes Proof-of-Stake network dynamics and speculative capital effects on token prices.
problem Understanding and managing price dynamics in Proof-of-Stake networks.
method Developed an open-economy macroeconomic model to analyze Proof-of-Stake dynamics and speculative capital effects.
result Speculative capital can shift staked-token ownership, potentially improving consensus decentralization.
The paper analyzes risk measures and optimal reserve allocation strategies.
problem Risk measures and optimal reserve allocation across multiple lines of business.
method Formalizes expected maximum deficit, introduces implicitly bounded risk measures, and proposes capital allocation approaches.
result Theoretical results on static and dynamic coherence, convexity, and exact optimizations of aggregate minimum reserves.
Model explains capital allocation and wealth distribution dynamics in a frictional economy.
problem Understanding capital allocation and wealth distribution dynamics in a frictional economy.
method Mean-field game approach to model interactions between expert and household groups.
result Experts accumulate capital during booms and quickly reverse behavior in busts, even without macro-shocks.
Financial system being the place of metting capital flows (equality between saving and investment), a volatility of capital flows can destroy the robustness and good working of financial system, it means subvert financial stability. The same a weak financial system, few regulated and bad manage can exacerbate volatilit…
The accurate characterization of the business cycles in the nonlinear dynamic financial and economic systems in the time of globalization represents a formidable research problem. The central banks and other financial institutions make their decisions on the minimum capital requirements, countercyclical capital buffer …
Enhances VC startup success predictions using graph augmented time series models.
problem Challenges in predicting startup success due to limited financial data and subjective forecasts.
method Integrates inter-company relationships into time series analysis using GraphRAG.
result Significantly outperforms previous models in startup success predictions.