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Optimal estimation of some random quantities of a L\'evy process

Probability 2020-01-09 v1

Abstract

In this paper we present new theoretical results on optimal estimation of certain random quantities based on high frequency observations of a L\'evy process. More specifically, we investigate the asymptotic theory for the conditional mean and conditional median estimators of the supremum/infimum of a linear Brownian motion and a stable L\'evy process. Another contribution of our article is the conditional mean estimation of the local time and the occupation time measure of a linear Brownian motion. We demonstrate that the new estimators are considerably more efficient compared to the classical estimators. Furthermore, we discuss pre-estimation of the parameters of the underlying models, which is required for practical implementation of the proposed statistics.

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@article{arxiv.2001.02517,
  title  = {Optimal estimation of some random quantities of a L\'evy process},
  author = {Jevgenijs Ivanovs and Mark Podolskij},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.02517},
  year   = {2020}
}

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42 pages, 6 figures, 2 tables

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