Asymptotic analysis of the expected utility maximization problem with respect to perturbations of the numéraire

Oleksii Mostovyi

Stochastic Processes and their Applications, 2020, vol. 130, issue 7, 4444-4469

Abstract: In an incomplete model, where under an appropriate numéraire, the stock price process is driven by a sigma-bounded semimartingale, we investigate the behavior of the expected utility maximization problem under small perturbations of the numéraire. We establish a quadratic approximation of the value function and a first-order expansion of the terminal wealth. Relying on a description of the base return process in terms of its semimartingale characteristics, we also construct wealth processes and nearly optimal strategies that allow for matching the primal value function up to the second order. We also link perturbations of the numéraire to distortions of the finite-variation part and martingale part of the stock price return and characterize the asymptotic expansions in terms of the risk-tolerance wealth process.

Keywords: Sensitivity analysis; Utility maximization; Semimartingale characteristics; Sherman–Morrison formula; Envelope theorem; Numéraire (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.spa.2020.01.003

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