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A class of solvable stochastic dividend optimization problems: on the general impact of flexibility on valuation

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  • Luis Alvarez
  • Jukka Virtanen

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We consider the determination of an optimal dividend policy in the presence of cash flow uncertainty and transaction costs. We state a set of weak conditions under which the optimal dividend policy can be explicitly characterized for a broad class of diffusions modelling the underlying cash flow dynamics and demonstrate that increased dividend policy flexibility does not only increase the maximal expected cumulative present value of the future dividends, it also increases the rate at which this value grows (i.e. Tobin’s marginal q). We also prove that increased transaction costs result into larger but less frequent dividend payments. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin/Heidelberg 2006

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  • Luis Alvarez & Jukka Virtanen, 2006. "A class of solvable stochastic dividend optimization problems: on the general impact of flexibility on valuation," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 28(2), pages 373-398, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:joecth:v:28:y:2006:i:2:p:373-398
    DOI: 10.1007/s00199-005-0627-4
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    2. F. Avram & Z. Palmowski & M. R. Pistorius, 2011. "On Gerber-Shiu functions and optimal dividend distribution for a L\'{e}vy risk process in the presence of a penalty function," Papers 1110.4965, arXiv.org, revised Jun 2015.
    3. Alvarez, Luis H.R. & Koskela, Erkki, 2007. "Optimal harvesting under resource stock and price uncertainty," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 31(7), pages 2461-2485, July.
    4. Luis Alvarez & Teppo Rakkolainen, 2009. "Optimal payout policy in presence of downside risk," Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, Springer;Gesellschaft für Operations Research (GOR);Nederlands Genootschap voor Besliskunde (NGB), vol. 69(1), pages 27-58, March.
    5. Bayraktar, Erhan & Egami, Masahiko, 2007. "The effects of implementation delay on decision-making under uncertainty," Stochastic Processes and their Applications, Elsevier, vol. 117(3), pages 333-358, March.
    6. Luis H. R. Alvarez & Teppo A. Rakkolainen, 2007. "Optimal Dividend Control in Presence of Downside Risk," Discussion Papers 14, Aboa Centre for Economics.
    7. Yiannis Kamarianakis & Anastasios Xepapadeas, 2006. "Controlling the risky fraction process with an ergodic criterion," Working Papers 0710, University of Crete, Department of Economics.
    8. Zhu, Jinxia & Chen, Feng, 2013. "Dividend optimization for regime-switching general diffusions," Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 53(2), pages 439-456.
    9. Pekka Matomäki, 2012. "On solvability of a two-sided singular control problem," Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, Springer;Gesellschaft für Operations Research (GOR);Nederlands Genootschap voor Besliskunde (NGB), vol. 76(3), pages 239-271, December.
    10. Yiannis Kamarianakis & Anastasios Xepapadeas, 2007. "An Irreversible Investment Model with a Stochastic Production Capacity and Fixed Plus Proportional Adjustment Costs," Working Papers 0708, University of Crete, Department of Economics.
    11. Alvarez, Luis H.R., 2011. "Optimal capital accumulation under price uncertainty and costly reversibility," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 35(10), pages 1769-1788, October.
    12. Shackleton, Mark B. & Sødal, Sigbjørn, 2010. "Harvesting and recovery decisions under uncertainty," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 34(12), pages 2533-2546, December.
    13. Kexin Chen & Kyunghyun Park & Hoi Ying Wong, 2024. "Robust dividend policy: Equivalence of Epstein-Zin and Maenhout preferences," Papers 2406.12305, arXiv.org.

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