Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/149018 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
Center for Mathematical Economics Working Papers No. 561
Publisher: 
Bielefeld University, Center for Mathematical Economics (IMW), Bielefeld
Abstract: 
In this paper we provide a complete theoretical analysis of a two-dimensional degenerate non convex singular stochastic control problem. The optimisation is motivated by a storage-consumption model in an electricity market, and features a stochastic real-valued spot price modelled by Brownian motion. We find analytical expressions for the value function, the optimal control and the boundaries of the action and inaction regions. The optimal policy is characterised in terms of two monotone and discontinuous repelling free boundaries, although part of one boundary is constant and the smooth fit condition holds there.
Subjects: 
finite-fuel singular stochastic control
optimal stopping
free boundary
Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation
irreversible investment
electricity market
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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