The structure of non-linear martingale optimal transport problems

Abstract: We explore the structure of solutions to a family of non-linear martingale optimal transport (MOT) problems that involve conditional expectations in the objective functional. En route general results concerning optimization over (martingale) measures are proved that appear much more widely applicable. In particular the analysis leads us to introduce a notion of so-called curtain transports; in a main contribution we highlight the r^ole that these transports play in (non-linear) MOT.