We analyze the influence of tax progression on optimal investment policy and its value. We show that three possible optimal regimes arise, depending on thenature of the tax policy. If the exogenously given progression threshold lies between the optimal capital stocks in the case of higher and...

We study the impact of interest rate and revenue variability on the decision to carry out irreversible investment. We provide a mathematical characterization of the two-dimensional optimal stopping problem and show that interest rate variability has a decelerating or accelerating impact on...

We consider the determination of the optimal singular stochastic control for maximizing the expected cumulative revenue flows in the presence of a state-dependent marginal yield measuring the instantaneous returns accrued from irreversibly exerting the singular policy. As in standard models of...

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...

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 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...