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Evans, J. (Jonathan), Henderson, Vicky and Hobson, David (David G.) (2008) Optimal timing for an indivisible asset sale. Mathematical Finance, Vol.18 (No.4, Sp. Iss. SI). pp. 545-567. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9965.2008.00347.x ISSN 0960-1627.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9965.2008.00347.x
Abstract
In this paper, we investigate the pricing via utility indifference of the right to sell a non-traded asset. Consider an agent with power utility who owns a single unit of an indivisible, non-traded asset, and who wishes to choose the optimum time to sell this asset. Suppose that this right to sell forms just part of the wealth of the agent, and that other wealth may be invested in a complete frictionless market. We formulate the problem as a mixed stochastic control/optimal stopping problem, which we then solve. We determine the optimal behavior of the agent, including the optimal criteria for the timing of the sale. It turns out that the optimal strategy is to sell the non-traded asset the first time that its value exceeds a certain proportion of the agent's trading wealth. Further, it is possible to characterize this proportion as the solution to a transcendental equation.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HG Finance Q Science > QA Mathematics |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Statistics | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Real options (Finance), Equilibrium (Economics), Distribution (Probability theory), Differential equations, Partial, Assets (Accounting) | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Mathematical Finance | ||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc. | ||||
ISSN: | 0960-1627 | ||||
Official Date: | October 2008 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.18 | ||||
Number: | No.4, Sp. Iss. SI | ||||
Number of Pages: | 23 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 545-567 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1467-9965.2008.00347.x | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Description: | Workshop on Mathematical Finance and Insurance, Lijuang, China, 27 May - 03 Jun 2006 |
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Funder: | National Science Foundation (U.S.) (NSF), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | ||||
Grant number: | DMI 0447990 (NSF) | ||||
Conference Paper Type: | Paper | ||||
Type of Event: | Workshop | ||||
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