NUMERICAL PROCEDURE OF ADDRESSING THE OPTIMAL STOPPING TIME OF EMPlOYER’S PROFILE FORMATION OPTION

Georgios Dimakos (Greece) and Athina Karantzi (Greece)

Received June 6, 2008

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Keywords and phrases: optimal stopping theory, Martingale, price theory and market structure.