Investment-consumption Optimization with Transaction Cost and Learning about Return Predictability

Ning Wang, Tak Kuen Siu

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Abstract

In this paper, we investigate an investment–consumption optimization problem in continuous-time settings, where the expected rate of return from a risky asset is predictable with an observable factor and an unobservable factor. Based on observable information, a decision-maker learns about the unobservable factor while making investment–consumption decisions. Both factors are supposed to follow a mean-reverting process. Also, we relax the assumption for perfect liquidity of the risky asset through incorporating proportional transaction costs that are incurred in trading the risky asset. In such way, a form of friction posing liquidity risk to the investor is examined. Dynamic programming principle coupled with an Hamilton–Jacobi–Bellman (HJB) equation are adopted to discuss the problem. Applying an asymptotic method with small transaction costs being taken as a perturbation parameter, we determine the frictional value function by solving the first and second corrector equations. For the numerical implementation of the proposed approach, a Monte-Carlo-simulation-based approximation algorithm is adopted to solve the second corrector equation. Finally, numerical examples and their economic interpretations are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)877-891
Number of pages15
JournalEuropean Journal of Operational Research
Volume318
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2024

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