Mean-field backward stochastic Volterra integral equations: well-posedness and related particle system

Abstract: This paper studies the mean-field backward stochastic Volterra integral equations (mean-field BSVIEs) and associated particle systems. We establish the existence and uniqueness of solutions to mean-field BSVIEs when the generator $g$ is of linear growth or quadratic growth with respect to $Z$, respectively. Moreover, the propagation of chaos is analyzed for the corresponding particle systems under two conditions. When $g$ is of linear growth in $Z$, the convergence rate is proven to be of order $\mathscr{Q}(N)$. When $g$ is of quadratic growth in $Z$ and is independent of the law of $Z$, we not only establish the convergence of the particle systems but also derive a convergence rate of order $\mathscr{O}(N^{-\frac{1}{2\lambda}})$, where $\lambda>1$.