On backward stochastic differential equations and strict local martingales
We study a backward stochastic differential equation (BSDE) whose terminal condition is an integrable function of a local martingale and generator has bounded growth in z. When the local martingale is a strict local martingale, the BSDE admits at least two different solutions. Other than a solution whose first component is of class D, there exists another solution whose first component is not of class D and strictly dominates the class D solution. Both solutions are Lp integrable for any 0<p<1. These two different BSDE solutions generate different viscosity solutions to the associated quasi-linear partial differential equation. On the contrary, when a Lyapunov function exists, the local martingale is a martingale and the quasi-linear equation admits a unique viscosity solution of at most linear growth.
| Item Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords | backward stochastic differential equation,strict local martingale,viscosity solution,comparison theorem |
| Departments | Statistics |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.spa.2012.03.003 |
| Date Deposited | 04 May 2012 09:40 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/43459 |