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Estimating time-changes in noisy L\'evy models

Statistics Theory 2014-11-17 v5 Statistical Finance Statistics Theory

Abstract

In quantitative finance, we often model asset prices as a noisy Ito semimartingale. As this model is not identifiable, approximating by a time-changed Levy process can be useful for generative modelling. We give a new estimate of the normalised volatility or time change in this model, which obtains minimax convergence rates, and is unaffected by infinite-variation jumps. In the semimartingale model, our estimate remains accurate for the normalised volatility, obtaining convergence rates as good as any previously implied in the literature.

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@article{arxiv.1312.5911,
  title  = {Estimating time-changes in noisy L\'evy models},
  author = {Adam D. Bull},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.5911},
  year   = {2014}
}

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Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/14-AOS1250 the Annals of Statistics (http://www.imstat.org/aos/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)

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