On the Optimal Dividend Problem for a Spectrally Negative Lévy Process

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 t...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Annals of Applied Probability. - Institute of Mathematical Statistics. - 17(2007), 1, Seite 156-180
1. Verfasser: Avram, Florin (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Palmowski, Zbigniew, Pistorius, Martijn R.
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2007
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:The Annals of Applied Probability
Schlagworte:Lévy process Dividend problem Local time Reflection Scale function Fluctuation theory Economics Mathematics Business Physical sciences Law