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Portfolio Liquidation under Factor Uncertainty

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  • Horst, Ulrich

    (HU Berlin)

  • Xia, Xiaonyu

    (HU Berlin)

  • Zhou, Chao

    (National University of Singapore)

Abstract

We study an optimal liquidation problem under the ambiguity with respect to price impact parameters. Our main results show that the value function and the optimal trading strategy can be characterized by the solution to a semi-linear PDE with superlinear gradient, monotone generator and singular terminal value. We also establish an asymptotic analysis of the robust model for small amounts of uncertainty and analyze the effect of robustness on optimal trading strategies and liquidation costs. In particular, in our model ambiguity aversion is observationally equivalent to increased risk aversion. This suggests that ambiguity aversion increases liquidation rates.

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  • Horst, Ulrich & Xia, Xiaonyu & Zhou, Chao, 2021. "Portfolio Liquidation under Factor Uncertainty," Rationality and Competition Discussion Paper Series 274, CRC TRR 190 Rationality and Competition.
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    Keywords

    stochastic control; uncertainty; portfolio liquidation; singular terminal value; superlinear growth gradient;
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    • E20 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
    • H30 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - General

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