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20162026
most citedA multi-asset investment and consumption problem with transaction costs

2 citations · 2 across the 4 of their papers we have counts for

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7 papers

q-fin.MF2026

Reinforcement Learning for Speculative Trading under Exploratory Framework

Yun Zhao, Alex S. L. Tse, Harry Zheng

We study a speculative trading problem within the exploratory reinforcement learning (RL) framework of Wang et al. [2020]. The problem is formulated as a sequential optimal stoppin…

econ.GN2024

Portfolio Optimization under Transaction Costs with Recursive Preferences

Martin Herdegen, David Hobson, Alex S. L. Tse

The Merton investment-consumption problem is fundamental, both in the field of finance, and in stochastic control. An important extension of the problem adds transaction costs, whi…

q-fin.PM2020

The importance of dynamic risk constraints for limited liability operators

John Armstrong, Damiano Brigo, Alex S. L. Tse

Previous literature shows that prevalent risk measures such as Value at Risk or Expected Shortfall are ineffective to curb excessive risk-taking by a tail-risk-seeking trader with…

q-fin.MF2019

Speculative Trading, Prospect Theory and Transaction Costs

Alex S. L. Tse, Harry Zheng

A speculative agent with Prospect Theory preference chooses the optimal time to purchase and then to sell an indivisible risky asset to maximize the expected utility of the round-t…

q-fin.MF2018

Dividend Policy and Capital Structure of a Defaultable Firm

Alex S. L. Tse

Default risk significantly affects the corporate policies of a firm. We develop a model in which a limited liability entity subject to Poisson default shock jointly sets its divide…

q-fin.MF2016★ 2 cited

A multi-asset investment and consumption problem with transaction costs

David Hobson, Alex S. L. Tse, Yeqi Zhu

In this article we study a multi-asset version of the Merton investment and consumption problem with proportional transaction costs. In general it is difficult to make analytical p…

q-fin.MF2016

Optimal consumption and investment under transaction costs

David Hobson, Alex S. L. Tse, Yeqi Zhu

In this article we consider the Merton problem in a market with a single risky asset and transaction costs. We give a complete solution of the problem up to the solution of a free-…