화학공학소재연구정보센터
Applied Mathematics and Optimization, Vol.81, No.3, 757-784, 2020
Asset Liquidation Under Drift Uncertainty and Regime-Switching Volatility
Optimal liquidation of an asset with unknown constant drift and stochastic regime-switching volatility is studied. The uncertainty about the drift is represented by an arbitrary probability distribution; the stochastic volatility is modelled by m-state Markov chain. Using filtering theory, an equivalent reformulation of the original problem as a four-dimensional optimal stopping problem is found and then analysed by constructing approximating sequences of three-dimensional optimal stopping problems. An optimal liquidation strategy and various structural properties of the problem are determined. Analysis of the two-point prior case is presented in detail, building on which, an outline of the extension to the general prior case is given.