Entry-e*t decisions apply to numerous pra*ical problems. For example， wheto extra* oil and wheto stop the extra*ion， wheto issue a new policy and wheto end it， and wheto let a kind of produ* enter a *rket and wheto let the produ* e*t the *rket， etc. Therefore， entry-e*t decisioproblems *tra* a lot of researche*.
There are three approaches to study entry-e*t decisions， namely， real option， pure probability and opti*l stopping. Ithis monograph， we appeal to opti*l stopping to deal with entry-e*t decisions. The *ireasons are as follows. Othe one hand， ithe real optioframework， the regularity of payoff fun*ions is a priori assumed， while the opti*l stopping approach intends to prove it. Othe other hand， although the pure probability and opti*l stopping approaches are both to solve a opti*l stopping problem， we have to calcul*e density fun*ions of some stopping times if applying the pure probability approach， which is not easy， whereas the opti*l stopping one avoids such calcul*ions.
We aim to obtaiclosed-form solutions of opti*l entry-e*t decisions for the cases： costs depending ounderlying processes， implement*iowith delay， and underlying processes following geometric Levy processes. Iaddition， we provide a *plete theory for opti*l stopping problems with regime switching， and use it to solve ae*t problem.

Overview


1 Entry-e*t decisions with linear costs
1．1 Introdu*ion
1．2 Aelementary introdu*ioto opti*l stopping problems
1．3 The model
1．4 Aopti*l e*t time
1．5 Aopti*l entry-e*t decision
1．6 Conclusions


2 Entry-e*t decisions with implement*iodelay
2．1 Introdu*ion
2．2 Some results concerning classical opti*l stopping problems
2．3 A useful transfor*tion
2．4 The model
2．5 Aopti*l entry-e*t decision
2．6 Conclusions


3 Entry-e*t decisions with underlying processes following geometric Levy processes
3．1 Introdu*ion
3．2 Solving opti*l stopping problems by Wiener-Hopf fa*oriz*ion
3．3 The model
3．4 Aopti*l entry-e*t decision
3．5 The effe* of *umping oopti*l entry-e*t decisions
3．6 Conclusions


4 Opti*l stopping problems with regime switching： a viscosity solutiomethod
4．1 Introdu*ion
4．2 Opti*l stopping problems with regime switching
4．3 Aapplic*ion
4．4 Conclusions


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