THE VANISHING VISCOSITY LIMIT FOR A SYSTEM OF H-J EQUATIONS RELATED TO A DEBT MANAGEMENT PROBLEM

摘要

The paper studies a system of Hamilton-Jacobi equations, arising from a model of optimal debt management in in finite time horizon, with exponential discount and a bankruptcy risk. For a stochastic model with positive diffusion, the existence of an equilibrium solution is obtained by a topological argument. Of particular interest is the limit of these viscous solutions, as the diffusion parameter approaches zero. Under suitable assumptions, this (possibly discontinuous) limit can be interpreted as an equilibrium solution to a non-cooperative differential game with deterministic dynamics.