Utility maximization with a stochastic clock and an unbounded random endowment

Citation
.itkovi., Gordan, Utility maximization with a stochastic clock and an unbounded random endowment, Annals of applied probability , 15((1B)), 2005, pp. 748-777
ISSN journal
10505164
Volume
15
Issue
(1B)
Year of publication
2005
Pages
748 - 777
Database
ACNP
SICI code
Abstract
We introduce a linear space of finitely additive measures to treat the problem of optimal expected utility from consumption under a stochastic clock and an unbounded random endowment process. In this way we establish existence and uniqueness for a large class of utility-maximization problems including the classical ones of terminal wealth or consumption, as well as the problems that depend on a random time horizon or multiple consumption instances. As an example we explicitly treat the problem of maximizing the logarithmic utility of a consumption stream, where the local time of an Ornstein.Uhlenbeck process acts as a stochastic clock.