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This work develops asymptotically optimal dividend policies to maximize the expected present value of dividends until … measure of a related Markov chain. Under simple conditions, the optimal policy of the limit dividend strategy is a threshold …. It is demonstrated that the constructed dividend policy is asymptotically optimal. © 2010 Institute of Applied …
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Nowadays, the regime switching model has become a popular model in mathematical finance and actuarial science. The market is not complete when the model has regime switching. Thus, pricing the regime switching risk is an important issue. In Naik (1993), a jump diffusion model with two regimes is...
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In this paper, we extend the debate concerning Credit Default Swap valuation to include time varying correlation and co-variances. Traditional multi-variate techniques treat the correlations between covariates as constant over time; however, this view is not supported by the data. Secondly, since...
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The Great Moderation, the significant decline in the variability of economic activity, provides a most remarkable feature of the macroeconomic landscape in the last twenty years. A number of papers document the beginning of the Great Moderation in the US and the UK. In this paper, we use the...
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Replaced with revised version of paper 07/29/09.
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This paper produces evidence in support of the existence of common risk factors in the US andUK interest rate swap markets. Using a multivariate smooth transition autoregression (STVAR)framework, we show that the dynamics of the US and UK swap spreads are best described by aregime-switching...
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The study attempts to find out the trends in dividend payment and determinants of dividend decision. A sample of 607 … non-payers and low-payers of dividend has increased. Again, average dividend payments are on the rise continuously. It … means that there is no room for moderate dividend payment. Average dividend for the past three years is the most consistent …
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Dividend declaration is considered as one of the key focus areas of the firm’s financial policy. The core of dividend … policy includes the decision like whether to distribute profits to the shareholders in the form of dividend or to retain. The … dividend decision, one of the widely researched topics, yet named as dividend puzzle, has been a center of attraction for the …
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Dividend declaration is considered as one of the key focus areas of the firm’s financial policy. The core of dividend … policy includes the decision like whether to distribute profits to the shareholders in the form of dividend or to retain. The … dividend decision, one of the widely researched topics, yet named as dividend puzzle, has been a center of attraction for the …
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