Complete-market terminal utility optimizer

ID: complete-market-terminal-utility-optimizer

For an increasing strictly concave utility function satisfying the Inada conditions, put and let be the positive terminal state-price density. In a finite complete market, select so that equals initial wealth. The displayed payoff is optimal under that budget: the supporting-line inequality for utility has marginal slope , and its expected linear error vanishes on the budget constraint. Market completeness supplies its replicating strategy.

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