Optimal Investment Policies for a Firm with a Random Risk Process: Exponential Utility and Minimizing the Probability of Ruin

We consider a firm that is faced with an uncontrollable stochastic cash flow, or random risk process. There is one investment opportunity, a risky stock, and we study the optimal investment decision for such firms. There is a fundamental incompleteness in the market, in that the risk to the investor...

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Veröffentlicht in:Mathematics of Operations Research. - Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. - 20(1995), 4, Seite 937-958
1. Verfasser: Browne, Sid (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 1995
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Mathematics of Operations Research
Schlagworte:Stochastic control Portfolio theory Diffusions Brownian motion Incomplete markets Insurance Ruin theory Optimal gambling Smooth-pasting Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equations mehr... Behavioral sciences Economics Physical sciences Mathematics Applied sciences