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Arbitrage on Decentralized Exchanges

Decentralized exchanges (DEXs) are alternative venues to centralized exchanges (CEXs) for trading cryptocurrencies and have become increasingly popular. An arbitrage opportunity arises when the exchange rate of two cryptocurrencies in a DEX differs from that in a CEX. Arbitrageurs can then trade on

Holy Grail Math 7.5 Rigor 8 ·  July 11, 2025

NLP-based detection of systematic anomalies among the narratives of consumer complaints

We develop an NLP-based procedure for detecting systematic nonmeritorious consumer complaints, simply called systematic anomalies, among complaint narratives. While classification algorithms are used to detect pronounced anomalies, in the case of smaller and frequent systematic anomalies, the algori

Street Traders Math 3.5 Rigor 6.5 ·  August 22, 2023

Non-Concave Utility Maximization with Transaction Costs

This paper studies a finite-horizon portfolio selection problem with non-concave terminal utility and proportional transaction costs, in which the commonly used concavification principle for terminal value is no longer applicable. We establish a proper theoretical characterization of this problem vi

Lab Rats Math 8.5 Rigor 3 ·  July 5, 2023

Pricing Model for Data Assets in Investment-Consumption Framework with Ambiguity

Data assets are data commodities that have been processed, produced, priced, and traded based on actual demand. Reasonable pricing mechanism for data assets is essential for developing the data market and realizing their value. Most existing literature approaches data asset pricing from the seller’s

Lab Rats Math 8.5 Rigor 2.5 ·  May 22, 2025

Optimal Design of Automated Market Makers on Decentralized Exchanges

Automated market makers are a popular mechanism used on decentralized exchange, through which users trade assets with each other directly and automatically through a liquidity pool and a fixed pricing function. The liquidity provider contributes to the liquidity pool by supplying assets to the pool,

Lab Rats Math 7.5 Rigor 2.5 ·  April 20, 2024

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