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In this paper, we first study one-dimensional quadratic backward stochastic differential equations driven by $G$-Brownian motions ($G$-BSDEs) with unbounded terminal values. With the help of a $theta$-method of Briand and Hu [4] and nonlinear stochastic analysis techniques, we propose an approximation procedure to prove existence and uniqueness result when the generator is convex (or concave) and terminal value is of exponential moments of arbitrary order. Finally, we also establish the well-posedness of multi-dimensional G-BSDEs with diagonally quadratic generators.
Motivated by an equilibrium problem, we establish the existence of a solution for a family of Markovian backward stochastic differential equations with quadratic nonlinearity and discontinuity in $Z$. Using unique continuation and backward uniqueness, we show that the set of discontinuity has measure zero. In a continuous-time stochastic model of an endowment economy, we prove the existence of an incomplete Radner equilibrium with nondegenerate endogenous volatility.
We introduce a new class of Backward Stochastic Differential Equations in which the $T$-terminal value $Y_{T}$ of the solution $(Y,Z)$ is not fixed as a random variable, but only satisfies a weak constraint of the form $E[Psi(Y_{T})]ge m$, for some (possibly random) non-decreasing map $Psi$ and some threshold $m$. We name them textit{BSDEs with weak terminal condition} and obtain a representation of the minimal time $t$-values $Y_{t}$ such that $(Y,Z)$ is a supersolution of the BSDE with weak terminal condition. It provides a non-Markovian BSDE formulation of the PDE characterization obtained for Markovian stochastic target problems under controlled loss in Bouchard, Elie and Touzi cite{BoElTo09}. We then study the main properties of this minimal value. In particular, we analyze its continuity and convexity with respect to the $m$-parameter appearing in the weak terminal condition, and show how it can be related to a dual optimal control problem in Meyer form. These last properties generalize to a non Markovian framework previous results on quantile hedging and hedging under loss constraints obtained in F{o}llmer and Leukert cite{FoLe99,FoLe00}, and in Bouchard, Elie and Touzi cite{BoElTo09}.
In this paper, we consider a reflected backward stochastic differential equation driven by a $G$-Brownian motion ($G$-BSDE), with the generator growing quadratically in the second unknown. We obtain the existence by the penalty method, and a priori estimates which implies the uniqueness, for solutions of the $G$-BSDE. Moreover, focusing our discussion at the Markovian setting, we give a nonlinear Feynman-Kac formula for solutions of a fully nonlinear partial differential equation.
We consider the well-posedness problem of multi-dimensional reflected backward stochastic differential equations driven by $G$-Brownian motion ($G$-BSDEs) with diagonal generators. Two methods, i.e., the penalization method and the Picard iteration argument, are provided to prove the existence and uniqueness of solutions. We also study its connection with the obstacle problem of a system of fully nonlinear PDEs.
In this paper, we establish representation theorems for generators of backward stochastic differential equations (BSDEs in short) in probability spaces with general filtration from the perspective of transposition solutions of BSDEs. As applications, we give a converse comparison theorem for generators of BSDEs and also some characterizations to positive homogeneity, independence of y, subadditivity and convexity of generators of BSDEs. Then, we extend concepts of g-expectations and conditional g-expectations to the probability spaces with general filtration and investigate their properties.