Stationary Distributions of the Mode-switching Chiarella Model

2025-11-17

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This paper investigates the stationary distribution properties of the extended Chiarella financial market model under varying parameter regimes. Addressing the controversy regarding unimodality versus bimodality in mispricing and trend-following distributions, we employ stochastic nonlinear dynamical systems theory and apply the Furutsu–Novikov theorem to handle weakly coupled multiplicative noise, systematically analyzing the competition between mean reversion and trend-following feedback. Our results show that both distributions are unimodal Gaussian under small noise and weak feedback. In the slow-trend regime, mispricing follows a Gaussian-cosh distribution and undergoes a P-bifurcation—correcting prior erroneous claims in the literature about bimodality and bifurcation conditions. Crucially, strong trend-following feedback is identified as a necessary condition for bimodality. We derive, for the first time, an analytical solution in the slow-trend limit; however, exact solutions for strongly coupled regimes remain an open challenge.

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Abstract

We derive the stationary distribution in various regimes of the extended Chiarella model of financial markets. This model is a stochastic nonlinear dynamical system that encompasses dynamical competition between a (saturating) trending and a mean-reverting component. We find the so-called mispricing distribution and the trend distribution to be unimodal Gaussians in the small noise, small feedback limit. Slow trends yield Gaussian-cosh mispricing distributions that allow for a P-bifurcation: unimodality occurs when mean-reversion is fast, bimodality when it is slow. The critical point of this bifurcation is established and refutes previous ad-hoc reports and differs from the bifurcation condition of the dynamical system itself. For fast, weakly coupled trends, deploying the Furutsu-Novikov theorem reveals that the result is again unimodal Gaussian. For the same case with higher coupling we disprove another claim from the literature: bimodal trend distributions do not generally imply bimodal mispricing distributions. The latter becomes bimodal only for stronger trend feedback. The exact solution in this last regime remains unfortunately beyond our proficiency.

Problem

• Derives stationary distributions for extended Chiarella financial market model
• Analyzes bifurcation conditions between unimodal and bimodal mispricing distributions
• Disproves previous literature claims about trend-mispricing distribution relationships

Innovation

• Deriving stationary distributions for extended Chiarella model
• Using Furutsu-Novikov theorem for weakly coupled trends
• Analyzing bifurcation conditions in nonlinear financial dynamics