Robust consumption and portfolio policies when asset prices can jump

A-Tier
Journal: Journal of Economic Theory
Year: 2019
Volume: 179
Issue: C
Pages: 1-56

Authors (2)

Aït-Sahalia, Yacine (Princeton University) Matthys, Felix (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

2.011 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We study the consumption-portfolio allocation problem in continuous time when asset prices follow Lévy processes and the investor is concerned about potential model misspecification. We derive optimal consumption and portfolio policies that are robust to uncertainty about the hard-to-estimate drift rate, jump intensity and jump size parameters. We also provide a semi-closed form formula for the detection-error probability and compare various portfolio holding strategies, including robust and non-robust policies. Our quantitative analysis shows that ignoring uncertainty leads to significant wealth loss for the investor.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:jetheo:v:179:y:2019:i:c:p:1-56
Journal Field
Theory
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-24