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Numerical Methods for Optimal Dividend Payment and Investment Strategies of Markov-Modulated Jump Diffusion Models with Regular and Singular Controls

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This work focuses on numerical methods for finding optimal dividend payment and investment policies to maximize the present value of the cumulative dividend payment until ruin; the surplus is modeled by a regime-switching jump diffusion process subject to both regular and singular controls. Using the dynamic programming principle, the optimal value function obeys a coupled system of nonlinear integro-differential quasi-variational inequalities. Since the closed-form solutions are virtually impossible to obtain, we use Markov chain approximation techniques to approximate the value function and optimal controls. Convergence of the approximation algorithms are proved. Examples are presented to illustrate the applicability of the numerical methods.

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The research of Zhuo Jin was supported by the Faculty Research Grant of University of Melbourne. The research of G. Yin was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under DMS-1207667.

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  1. Centre for Actuarial Studies, Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia

    Zhuo Jin

  2. Department of Mathematics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA

    G. Yin

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Jin, Z., Yin, G. Numerical Methods for Optimal Dividend Payment and Investment Strategies of Markov-Modulated Jump Diffusion Models with Regular and Singular Controls. J Optim Theory Appl 159, 246–271 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10957-012-0263-7

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