On the uniqueneß of unbounded viscosity solutions arising in an optimal terminal wealth problem with transaction costs

Christoph Belak, Olaf Menkens, Jörn Saß

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Abstract

We study the uniqueneß of viscosity solutions of a Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation which arises in a portfolio optimization problem in which an investor maximizes expected utility of terminal wealth in the presence of proportional transaction costs. Our main contribution is that the comparison theorem can be applied to prove the uniqueneß of the value function in the portfolio optimization problem for logarithmic and power utility.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2878-2897
Number of pages20
JournalSIAM Journal on Control and Optimization
Volume53
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Comparison principle
  • Optimal terminal wealth
  • Transaction costs
  • Unbounded viscosity solutions

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