Rough path theory provides a framework for the study of nonlinear systems driven by highly oscillatory (deterministic) signals. The corresponding analysis is inherently distinct from that of classical stochastic calculus, and neither theory alone is able to satisfactorily handle hybrid systems driven by both rough and stochastic noise. The introduction of the stochastic sewing lemma has paved the way for a unified theory which can efficiently handle such hybrid systems. In this talk, we will discuss how this can be done in a general setting which allows for jump discontinuities in both sources of noise. As an application, we will then investigate the existence of a robust representation of the conditional distribution in a stochastic filtering model for multidimensional correlated jump-diffusions.
Rough SDEs and Robust Filtering for Jump-Diffusions
A Mean-Field Game Analysis of Systemic Risk under Capital Constraints
We analyze the effect of regulatory capital constraints on financial stability in a large homogeneous banking system using a mean-field game (MFG) model. Each bank holds cash and a tradable risky asset. Banks choose absolutely continuous trading rates in order to maximize expected terminal equity, with trades subject to transaction costs. Capital regulation requires equity to exceed a fixed multiple of the position in the tradable asset; breaches trigger forced liquidation. The asset drift depends on changes in average asset holdings across banks, so aggregate deleveraging creates contagion effects, leading to an MFG. We discuss the coupled forward-backward PDE system characterizing equilibria of the MFG, and we solve the constrained MFG numerically. Experiments demonstrate that capital constraints accelerate deleveraging and limit risk-bearing capacity. In some regimes, simultaneous breaches trigger liquidation cascades. The last part of the presentation is devoted to the mathematical analysis of a related model with time-smoothed contagion as in, e.g., Hambly, Ledger and Sojmark (2019) or Campi and Burzoni (2024). We characterize optimal strategies for a given evolution of the system, establish the existence of an MFG equilibrium and discuss limit results for a finite but large homogeneous banking system