We analyze the determination of a value maximizing dividend payout policy for a broad class of cash reserve processes modeled as spectrally negative jump diffusions. We extend previous results based on continuous diffusion models and characterize the value of the optimal dividend distribution...

We consider the optimal sequential irreversible investment policy of a value maximizing firm facing decreasing returns to scale and interest rate uncertainty. We characterize the optimal accumulation policy and its value for a broad class of diffusion models of the short interest rate by...

We study how the convolution approximation of continuous mappings can be applied in solving optimal stopping problems of linear diffusions whenever the underlying payoff is not differentiable and the smooth fit principle does not necessarily apply. We construct a sequence of smooth reward...

We consider the optimal stopping of a linear diffusion in a problem subject to both a cumulative term measuring the expected cumulative present value of a continuous and potentially state-dependent profit flow and an instantaneous payoff measuring the salvage or terminal value received at the...