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On the dual problem of utility maximization in incomplete markets

Probability 2015-11-30 v2 Optimization and Control

Abstract

In this paper, we study the dual problem of the expected utility maximization in incomplete markets with bounded random endowment. We start with the problem formulated in the paper of Cvitani\'{c}-Schachermayer-Wang (2001) and prove the following statement: in the Brownian framework, the countably additive part QrQ^r of the dual optimizer Q(L)Q\in (L^\infty)^* obtained in that paper can be represented by the terminal value of a supermartingale deflator YY defined in the paper of Kramkov-Schachermayer (1999), which is a local martingale.

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@article{arxiv.1510.08323,
  title  = {On the dual problem of utility maximization in incomplete markets},
  author = {Lingqi Gu and Yiqing Lin and Junjian Yang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.08323},
  year   = {2015}
}