<mods:mods version="3.3" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-3.xsd" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><mods:titleInfo><mods:title>Optimal stopping in Levy models, for non-monotone discontinuous payoffs</mods:title></mods:titleInfo><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">Svetlana</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Boyarchenko</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">Sergei</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Levendorskii</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:abstract>We give short proofs of general theorems about optimal entry and exit problems in Levy models, when payoff streams may have discontinuities and be non-monotone. As applications, we consider exit and entry problems in the theory of real options, and an entry problem with an
embedded option to exit.</mods:abstract><mods:classification authority="lcc">D81 - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">C61 - Optimization Techniques ; Programming Models ; Dynamic Analysis</mods:classification><mods:originInfo><mods:dateIssued encoding="iso8601">2010-09</mods:dateIssued></mods:originInfo><mods:genre>MPRA Paper</mods:genre></mods:mods>