Multiperiod martingale transport

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Abstract: Consider a multiperiod optimal transport problem where distributions mu0,dots,mun are prescribed and a transport corresponds to a scalar martingale X with marginals Xtsimmut. We introduce particular couplings called left-monotone transports; they are characterized equivalently by a no-crossing property of their support, as simultaneous optimizers for a class of bivariate transport cost functions with a Spence--Mirrlees property, and by an order-theoretic minimality property. Left-monotone transports are unique if mu0 is atomless, but not in general. In the one-period case n=1, these transports reduce to the Left-Curtain coupling of Beiglb"ock and Juillet. In the multiperiod case, the bivariate marginals for dates (0,t) are of Left-Curtain type, if and only if mu0,dots,mun have a specific order property. The general analysis of the transport problem also gives rise to a strong duality result and a description of its polar sets. Finally, we study a variant where the intermediate marginals mu1,dots,mun1 are not prescribed.



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