Some fluctuation identities for Lévy processes with jumps of the same sign

2004 ◽  
Vol 41 (04) ◽  
pp. 1191-1198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaowen Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Laplace Transform ◽  
Lévy Process ◽  
Joint Distribution ◽  
Lévy Processes ◽  
Levy Processes ◽  
Levy Process ◽  
Exit Problem ◽  
The Laplace Transform ◽  
The One

We consider a two-sided exit problem for a Lévy process with no positive jumps. The Laplace transform of the time when the process first exits an interval from above is obtained. It is expressed in terms of another Laplace transform for the one-sided exit problem. Applications of this result are discussed. In particular, a new expression for the solution to the two-sided exit problem is obtained. The joint distribution of the minimum and the maximum values of such a Lévy process is also studied.

Some fluctuation identities for Lévy processes with jumps of the same sign

2004 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 1191-1198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaowen Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Laplace Transform ◽  
Lévy Process ◽  
Joint Distribution ◽  
Lévy Processes ◽  
Levy Processes ◽  
Levy Process ◽  
Exit Problem ◽  
The Laplace Transform ◽  
The One

We consider a two-sided exit problem for a Lévy process with no positive jumps. The Laplace transform of the time when the process first exits an interval from above is obtained. It is expressed in terms of another Laplace transform for the one-sided exit problem. Applications of this result are discussed. In particular, a new expression for the solution to the two-sided exit problem is obtained. The joint distribution of the minimum and the maximum values of such a Lévy process is also studied.

scholarly journals Applications of factorization embeddings for Lévy processes

2006 ◽  
Vol 38 (03) ◽  
pp. 768-791 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. B. Dieker
Keyword(s):  
Lévy Process ◽  
Joint Distribution ◽  
Lévy Processes ◽  
Levy Processes ◽  
Levy Process ◽  
Tail Asymptotics ◽  
Lévy Measure ◽  
Risk Models ◽  
General Properties ◽  
Phase Type

We give three applications of the Pecherskii-Rogozin-Spitzer identity for Lévy processes. First, we find the joint distribution of the supremum and the epoch at which it is ‘attained’ if a Lévy process has phase-type upward jumps. We also find the characteristics of the ladder process. Second, we establish general properties of perturbed risk models, and obtain explicit fluctuation identities in the case that the Lévy process is spectrally positive. Third, we study the tail asymptotics for the supremum of a Lévy process under different assumptions on the tail of the Lévy measure.

scholarly journals Applications of factorization embeddings for Lévy processes

2006 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 768-791 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. B. Dieker
Keyword(s):  
Lévy Process ◽  
Joint Distribution ◽  
Lévy Processes ◽  
Levy Processes ◽  
Levy Process ◽  
Tail Asymptotics ◽  
Lévy Measure ◽  
Risk Models ◽  
General Properties ◽  
Phase Type

We give three applications of the Pecherskii-Rogozin-Spitzer identity for Lévy processes. First, we find the joint distribution of the supremum and the epoch at which it is ‘attained’ if a Lévy process has phase-type upward jumps. We also find the characteristics of the ladder process. Second, we establish general properties of perturbed risk models, and obtain explicit fluctuation identities in the case that the Lévy process is spectrally positive. Third, we study the tail asymptotics for the supremum of a Lévy process under different assumptions on the tail of the Lévy measure.

scholarly journals Joint distribution of a spectrally negative Lévy process and its occupation time, with step option pricing in view

2016 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 274-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hélène Guérin ◽  
Jean-François Renaud
Keyword(s):  
Laplace Transform ◽  
Lévy Process ◽  
Joint Distribution ◽  
Jump Diffusion ◽  
Levy Process ◽  
Underlying Process ◽  
Scale Functions ◽  
Spectrally Negative Lévy Process ◽  
The Laplace Transform ◽  
Jump Diffusion Model

Abstract We study the distribution Ex[exp(-q∫0t1(a,b)(Xs)ds); Xt ∈ dy], where -∞ ≤ a < b < ∞, and where q, t > 0 and x ∈ R for a spectrally negative Lévy process X. More precisely, we identify the Laplace transform with respect to t of this measure in terms of the scale functions of the underlying process. Our results are then used to price step options and the particular case of an exponential spectrally negative Lévy jump-diffusion model is discussed.

scholarly journals Last Exit Before an Exponential Time for Spectrally Negative Lévy Processes

2009 ◽  
Vol 46 (02) ◽  
pp. 542-558 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. J. Baurdoux
Keyword(s):  
Laplace Transform ◽  
Lévy Process ◽  
Risk Process ◽  
Levy Process ◽  
Risk Theory ◽  
Exponential Time ◽  
Main Motivation ◽  
Spectrally Negative Lévy Process ◽  
The Laplace Transform ◽  
Spectrally Negative Lévy Processes

Chiu and Yin (2005) found the Laplace transform of the last time a spectrally negative Lévy process, which drifts to ∞, is below some level. The main motivation for the study of this random time stems from risk theory: what is the last time the risk process, modeled by a spectrally negative Lévy process drifting to ∞, is 0? In this paper we extend the result of Chiu and Yin, and we derive the Laplace transform of the last time, before an independent, exponentially distributed time, that a spectrally negative Lévy process (without any further conditions) exceeds (upwards or downwards) or hits a certain level. As an application, we extend a result found in Doney (1991).

scholarly journals Oscillation of modes of some semi-stable Lévy processes

1993 ◽  
Vol 132 ◽  
pp. 141-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshiro Watanabe
Keyword(s):  
Lévy Process ◽  
Lévy Processes ◽  
Levy Processes ◽  
Levy Process ◽  
Stable Processes ◽  
Unimodal Lévy Process ◽  
Oscillating Mode

In this paper it is shown that there is a unimodal Levy process with oscillating mode. After the author first constructed an example of such a self-decomposable process, Sato pointed out that it belongs to the class of semi-stable processes with β < 0. We prove that all non-symmetric semi-stable self-decomposable processes with β < 0 have oscillating modes.

Variance Optimal Stopping for Geometric Lévy Processes

2015 ◽  
Vol 47 (01) ◽  
pp. 128-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamille Sofie Tågholt Gad ◽  
Jesper Lund Pedersen
Keyword(s):  
Optimal Stopping ◽  
Lévy Process ◽  
Lévy Processes ◽  
Levy Processes ◽  
Levy Process ◽  
Stopping Times ◽  
Optimal Stopping Problem ◽  
Maximum Variance ◽  
Geometric Levy Process

The main result of this paper is the solution to the optimal stopping problem of maximizing the variance of a geometric Lévy process. We call this problem the variance problem. We show that, for some geometric Lévy processes, we achieve higher variances by allowing randomized stopping. Furthermore, for some geometric Lévy processes, the problem has a solution only if randomized stopping is allowed. When randomized stopping is allowed, we give a solution to the variance problem. We identify the Lévy processes for which the allowance of randomized stopping times increases the maximum variance. When it does, we also solve the variance problem without randomized stopping.

scholarly journals On Maxima and Ladder Processes for a Dense Class of Lévy Process

2006 ◽  
Vol 43 (01) ◽  
pp. 208-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martijn Pistorius
Keyword(s):  
Laplace Transform ◽  
Error Estimates ◽  
Lévy Process ◽  
Iterative Procedure ◽  
Levy Process ◽  
Distribution Of The Maximum ◽  
Phase Type ◽  
The Laplace Transform ◽  
The Law ◽  
Dense Class

In this paper, we present an iterative procedure to calculate explicitly the Laplace transform of the distribution of the maximum for a Lévy process with positive jumps of phase type. We derive error estimates showing that this iteration converges geometrically fast. Subsequently, we determine the Laplace transform of the law of the upcrossing ladder process and give an explicit pathwise construction of this process.

Multiple points for symmetric Lévy processes

1978 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Hawkes
Keyword(s):  
Markov Process ◽  
Euclidean Space ◽  
Lévy Process ◽  
Lévy Processes ◽  
Transition Function ◽  
Levy Processes ◽  
Levy Process ◽  
Dimensional Euclidean Space ◽  
Multiple Points ◽  
Image Position

Let Xt be a Lévy process in Rd, d-dimensional euclidean space. That is X is a Markov process whose transition function satisfies

scholarly journals On Maxima and Ladder Processes for a Dense Class of Lévy Process

2006 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 208-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martijn Pistorius
Keyword(s):  
Laplace Transform ◽  
Error Estimates ◽  
Lévy Process ◽  
Iterative Procedure ◽  
Levy Process ◽  
Distribution Of The Maximum ◽  
Phase Type ◽  
The Laplace Transform ◽  
The Law ◽  
Dense Class

In this paper, we present an iterative procedure to calculate explicitly the Laplace transform of the distribution of the maximum for a Lévy process with positive jumps of phase type. We derive error estimates showing that this iteration converges geometrically fast. Subsequently, we determine the Laplace transform of the law of the upcrossing ladder process and give an explicit pathwise construction of this process.

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