OPTIMAL ASSET CONTROL OF A GEOMETRIC BROWNIAN MOTION WITH THE TRANSACTION COSTS AND BANKRUPTCY PERMISSION

We assume that the asset value process of some company is directly related to its stock price dynamics, which can be modeled by geometric Brownian motion. The company can control its asset by paying dividends and injecting capitals, of course both procedures imply proportional and fixed costs for the company. To maximize the expected present value of the dividend payments minus the capital injections until the time of bankruptcy, which is defined as the first time when the asset value falls below the regulation requirement m, we seek to find the joint optimal dividend payment and capital injection strategy. By solving the Quasi-variational inequalities, the optimal control problem is addressed, which depends on the parameters of the model and the costs. The sensitivities of transaction costs (such as tax, consulting fees) to the optimal strategy, the expected growth rate and volatility of the firm asset value are also examined, some interesting economic insights are included.