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Limit theorems for power variations of pure-jump processes with application to activity estimation

Probability 2011-04-07 v1

Abstract

This paper derives the asymptotic behavior of realized power variation of pure-jump It\^{o} semimartingales as the sampling frequency within a fixed interval increases to infinity. We prove convergence in probability and an associated central limit theorem for the realized power variation as a function of its power. We apply the limit theorems to propose an efficient adaptive estimator for the activity of discretely-sampled It\^{o} semimartingale over a fixed interval.

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@article{arxiv.1104.1064,
  title  = {Limit theorems for power variations of pure-jump processes with application to activity estimation},
  author = {Viktor Todorov and George Tauchen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.1064},
  year   = {2011}
}

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Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/10-AAP700 the Annals of Applied Probability (http://www.imstat.org/aap/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)