On a dual risk model perturbed by diffusion with dividend threshold

Abstract

In the dual risk model, the surplus process of a company is a Lévy process with sample paths that are skip-free downwards. In this paper, the authors assume that the surplus process is the sum of a compound Poisson process and an independent Wiener process. The dual of the jump-diffusion risk model under a threshold dividend strategy is discussed. The authors derive a set of two integro-differential equations satisfied by the expected total discounted dividend until ruin. The cases where profits follow an exponential or mixtures of exponential distributions are solved. Applying the key method of the Laplace transform, the authors show how the integro-differential equations are solved. The authors also discuss the conditions for optimality and show how an optimal dividend threshold can be calculated as well.

Keywords

Dual risk model / Threshold strategy / Stochastic optimal control / Smooth pasting condition

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