Mean Field Equilibrium Asset Pricing Models With Exponential Utility

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The paper provides theoretical foundations for understanding how equilibrium risk premiums are formed through interactions of heterogeneous agents in incomplete markets. While primarily theoretical, the EQG framework with semi-analytic solutions and the Kalman-Bucy filtering approach for partially observable markets have practical implications for portfolio optimization and risk management. The numerical simulations demonstrate how wealth distributions evolve under equilibrium. However, the paper does not propose directly implementable trading strategies or signal generation methods. Its relevance is more foundational than practical for quantitative trading.

Extremely high complexity. Requires advanced knowledge of: (1) quadratic-growth BSDE theory and BMO martingale spaces, (2) mean field game theory and propagation of chaos, (3) stochastic optimal control via the optimal martingale method, (4) Kalman-Bucy filtering theory, (5) Riccati ODE systems, (6) Girsanov's theorem and measure changes, (7) De Finetti's theorem for exchangeable sequences. The numerical implementation of the EQG framework requires solving coupled matrix Riccati ODEs and simulating Gaussian factor processes. The theoretical proofs involve sophisticated functional analysis in H²_BMO spaces.

The paper is primarily theoretical with mathematical proofs. Numerical simulation parameters are provided in Section 6.4 (N=5000 agents, T=1, specific parameter values for Gaussian factor processes). However, the core contributions are existence/uniqueness proofs for mean field BSDEs which require advanced stochastic analysis expertise to verify. No code repository is provided. The EQG framework with ODE systems could be reproduced computationally given the explicit parameter specifications.