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On the scaling property in fluctuation theory for stable L\'evy processes

Probability 2018-04-05 v1

Abstract

We find an expression for the joint Laplace transform of the law of (T[x,+[,XT[x,+[)(T_{[x,+\infty[},X_{T_{[x,+\infty[}}) for a L\'evy process XX, where T[x,+[T_{[x,+\infty[} is the first hitting time of [x,+[[x,+\infty[ by XX. When XX is an α\alpha-stable L\'evy process, with 1<α<21<\alpha<2, we show how to recover from this formula the law of XT[x,+[X_{T_{[x,+\infty[}}; this result was already obtained by D. Ray, in the symmetric case and by N. Bingham, in the case when XX is non spectrally negative. Then, we study the behaviour of the time of first passage T[x,+[,T_{[x,+\infty[}, conditioned to {XT[x,+[xh}\{X_{T_{[x,+\infty[}} -x \leq h\} when hh tends to 00. This study brings forward an asymptotic variable Tx0T_x^0, which seems to be related to the absolute continuity of the law of the supremum of XX.

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@article{arxiv.1007.3959,
  title  = {On the scaling property in fluctuation theory for stable L\'evy processes},
  author = {Fernando Cordero},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1007.3959},
  year   = {2018}
}