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Generalized Dynkin Games and Doubly Reflected BSDEs with Jumps

Probability 2014-10-06 v2

Abstract

We introduce a generalized Dynkin game problem with non linear conditional expectation E{\cal E} induced by a Backward Stochastic Differential Equation (BSDE) with jumps. Let ξ,ζ\xi, \zeta be two RCLL adapted processes with ξζ\xi \leq \zeta. The criterium is given by \begin{equation*} {\cal J}_{\tau, \sigma}= {\cal E}_{0, \tau \wedge \sigma } \left(\xi_{\tau}\textbf{1}_{\{ \tau \leq \sigma\}}+\zeta_{\sigma}\textbf{1}_{\{\sigma<\tau\}}\right) \end{equation*} where τ\tau and σ \sigma are stopping times valued in [0,T][0,T]. Under Mokobodski's condition, we establish the existence of a value function for this game, i.e. infσsupτJτ,σ=supτinfσJτ,σ\inf_{\sigma}\sup_{\tau} {\cal J}_{\tau, \sigma} = \sup_{\tau} \inf_{\sigma} {\cal J}_{\tau, \sigma}. This value can be characterized via a doubly reflected BSDE. Using this characterization, we provide some new results on these equations, such as comparison theorems and a priori estimates. When ξ\xi and ζ\zeta are left upper semicontinuous along stopping times, we prove the existence of a saddle point. We also study a generalized mixed game problem when the players have two actions: continuous control and stopping. We then address the generalized Dynkin game in a Markovian framework and its links with parabolic partial integro-differential variational inequalities with two obstacles.

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@article{arxiv.1310.2764,
  title  = {Generalized Dynkin Games and Doubly Reflected BSDEs with Jumps},
  author = {Roxana Dumitrescu and Marie-Claire Quenez and Agnès Sulem},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.2764},
  year   = {2014}
}
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