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Expected Utility Theory on General Affine GARCH Models

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  • Marcos Escobar-Anel
  • Ben Spies
  • Rudi Zagst

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Expected utility theory has produced abundant analytical results in continuous-time finance, but with very little success for discrete-time models. Assuming the underlying asset price follows a general affine GARCH model which allows for non-Gaussian innovations, our work produces an approximate closed-form recursive representation for the optimal strategy under a constant relative risk aversion (CRRA) utility function. We provide conditions for optimality and demonstrate that the optimal wealth is also an affine GARCH. In particular, we fully develop the application to the IG-GARCH model hence accommodating negatively skewed and leptokurtic asset returns. Relying on two popular daily parametric estimations, our numerical analyses give a first window into the impact of the interaction of heteroscedasticity, skewness and kurtosis on optimal portfolio solutions. We find that losses arising from following Gaussian (suboptimal) strategies, or Merton's static solution, can be up to $ 2.5\% $ 2.5% and 5%, respectively, assuming low-risk aversion of the investor and using a five-years time horizon.

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  • Marcos Escobar-Anel & Ben Spies & Rudi Zagst, 2021. "Expected Utility Theory on General Affine GARCH Models," Applied Mathematical Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(6), pages 477-507, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:apmtfi:v:28:y:2021:i:6:p:477-507
    DOI: 10.1080/1350486X.2022.2101010
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