A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Resolvent-Techniques for Multiple Exercise Problems
Authors: Sören Christensen, Jukka Lempa
Publication year: 2015
Volume: 71
Issue: 1
First page : 95
Last page: 123
Number of pages: 29
ISSN: 0095-4616
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00245-014-9254-4
We study optimal multiple stopping of strong Markov processes with random refraction periods. The refraction periods are assumed to be exponentially distributed with a common rate and independent of the underlying dynamics. Our main tool is using the resolvent operator. In the first part, we reduce infinite stopping problems to ordinary ones in a general strong Markov setting. This leads to explicit solutions for wide classes of such problems. Starting from this result, we analyze problems with finitely many exercise rights and explain solution methods for some classes of problems with underlying Lévy and diffusion processes, where the optimal characteristics of the problems can be identified more explicitly. We illustrate the main results with explicit examples.