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Robust utility maximization with limited downside risk in incomplete markets

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  • Gundel, Anne
  • Weber, Stefan

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In this article we consider the portfolio selection problem of an agent with robust preferences in the sense of Gilboa and Schmeidler [Itzhak Gilboa, David Schmeidler, Maxmin expected utility with non-unique prior, Journal of Mathematical Economics 18 (1989) 141-153] in an incomplete market. Downside risk is constrained by a robust version of utility-based shortfall risk. We derive an explicit representation of the optimal terminal wealth in terms of certain worst case measures which can be characterized as minimizers of a dual problem. This dual problem involves a three-dimensional analogue of f-divergences which generalize the notion of relative entropy.

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  • Gundel, Anne & Weber, Stefan, 2007. "Robust utility maximization with limited downside risk in incomplete markets," Stochastic Processes and their Applications, Elsevier, vol. 117(11), pages 1663-1688, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:spapps:v:117:y:2007:i:11:p:1663-1688
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    1. Gilboa, Itzhak & Schmeidler, David, 1989. "Maxmin expected utility with non-unique prior," Journal of Mathematical Economics, Elsevier, vol. 18(2), pages 141-153, April.
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    3. Stefan Weber, 2006. "Distribution‐Invariant Risk Measures, Information, And Dynamic Consistency," Mathematical Finance, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 16(2), pages 419-441, April.
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