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February 2013 Small and large time stability of the time taken for a Lévy process to cross curved boundaries
Philip S. Griffin, Ross A. Maller
Ann. Inst. H. Poincaré Probab. Statist. 49(1): 208-235 (February 2013). DOI: 10.1214/11-AIHP449

Abstract

This paper is concerned with the small time behaviour of a Lévy process $X$. In particular, we investigate the stabilities of the times, $\overline{T} _{b}(r)$ and $T^{*}_{b}(r)$, at which $X$, started with $X_{0}=0$, first leaves the space-time regions $\{(t,y)\in \mathbb{R} ^{2}\colon\ y\le rt^{b},t\ge0\}$ (one-sided exit), or $\{(t,y)\in \mathbb{R} ^{2}\colon\ |y|\le rt^{b},t\ge0\}$ (two-sided exit), $0\le b<1$, as $r\downarrow 0$. Thus essentially we determine whether or not these passage times behave like deterministic functions in the sense of different modes of convergence; specifically convergence in probability, almost surely and in $L^{p}$. In many instances these are seen to be equivalent to relative stability of the process $X$ itself. The analogous large time problem is also discussed.

Ce papier traite du comportement en temps court d’un processus de Lévy $X$. En particulier, nous étudions la stabilité des temps $\overline{T} _{b}(r)$ et $T^{*}_{b}(r)$ auxquels $X$, partant de $X_{0}=0$, quitte pour la première fois les domaines $\{(t,y)\in \mathbb{R} ^{2}\colon\ y\le rt^{b},t\ge0\}$ (sortie unilatérale), ou $\{(t,y)\in \mathbb{R} ^{2}\colon\ |y|\le rt^{b},t\ge0\}$ (sortie bilatérale), $0\le b<1$, quand $r\downarrow 0$. Nous déterminons si ces temps de passage se comportent ou non comme des fonctions déterministes selon différents modes de convergence : en probabilité, presque sûrement et dans $L^{p}$. Dans de nombreux cas, ceci est équivalent à la stabilité du processus $X$. Le problème analogue à temps grand est aussi discuté.

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Philip S. Griffin. Ross A. Maller. "Small and large time stability of the time taken for a Lévy process to cross curved boundaries." Ann. Inst. H. Poincaré Probab. Statist. 49 (1) 208 - 235, February 2013. https://doi.org/10.1214/11-AIHP449

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Published: February 2013
First available in Project Euclid: 29 January 2013

zbMATH: 1267.60053
MathSciNet: MR3060154
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1214/11-AIHP449

Subjects:
Primary: 60F15 , 60F25 , 60G51 , 60K05

Keywords: Lévy process , overshoot , Passage times across power law boundaries , Random walks , Relative stability

Rights: Copyright © 2013 Institut Henri Poincaré

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