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October  2013, 9(4): 743-768. doi: 10.3934/jimo.2013.9.743

## Optimal investment-consumption problem with constraint

 1 School of Insurance, Central University Of Finance and Economics, Beijing 100081 2 Department of Applied Mathematics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong 3 Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Curtin University, Perth, W.A. 6845

Received  September 2012 Revised  April 2013 Published  August 2013

In this paper, we consider an optimal investment-consumption problem subject to a closed convex constraint. In the problem, a constraint is imposed on both the investment and the consumption strategy, rather than just on the investment. The existence of solution is established by using the Martingale technique and convex duality. In addition to investment, our technique embeds also the consumption into a family of fictitious markets. However, with the addition of consumption, it leads to nonreflexive dual spaces. This difficulty is overcome by employing the so-called technique of relaxation-projection" to establish the existence of solution to the problem. Furthermore, if the solution to the dual problem is obtained, then the solution to the primal problem can be found by using the characterization of the solution. An illustrative example is given with a dynamic risk constraint to demonstrate the method.
Citation: Jingzhen Liu, Ka-Fai Cedric Yiu, Kok Lay Teo. Optimal investment-consumption problem with constraint. Journal of Industrial & Management Optimization, 2013, 9 (4) : 743-768. doi: 10.3934/jimo.2013.9.743
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