Existence and uniqueness conjecture for the random-horizon BSDE

Let (H1)(\mathrm{H1}) and (H2)(\mathrm{H2}') hold, and suppose that gb(s,0,0)g^b(s,0,0) is non-negative for every s[0,T]s\in[0,T]. Under Assumption gg, consider the BSDE

Ytb=ξTatTfb(s,Ysb,Zsb,ξsaYsb)dstTZsbdWs,t[0,T],Y_t^{b}=\xi^a_{T-}-\int_t^T f^b(s,Y_s^{b},Z_s^{b},\xi^a_s-Y_s^{b})\,ds-\int_t^T Z_s^{b}\cdot dW_s,\qquad t\in[0,T],

where

fb(s,y,z,u):=gb(s,y,z)+λs1eαuα.f^b(s,y,z,u):=g^b(s,y,z)+\lambda_s\frac{1-e^{\alpha u}}{\alpha}.

Existence and uniqueness conjecture. The BSDE admits a unique solution such that YbY^b is bounded and 0ZsbdWs\int_0^{\cdot}Z_s^{b}\,dW_s is a BMO(G)\operatorname{BMO}(\mathbb{G})-martingale.

This conjecture proposes that the stated assumptions suffice for existence and uniqueness without requiring the stronger regularity assumption on ξa\xi^a used earlier. The source leaves the result for future research; the preceding discussion shows that some left-continuity at the terminal time is necessary in the associated linear BSDE.

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Primary source

Monique Jeanblanc, Thibaut Mastrolia, Dylan Possamaï and Anthony Réveillac, “Utility maximization with random horizon: a BSDE approach”, arXiv:1503.02062 (2015).

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