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Tail of a linear diffusion with Markov switching

Probability 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Let Y be an Ornstein-Uhlenbeck diffusion governed by a stationary and ergodic Markov jump process X: dY_t=a(X_t)Y_t dt+\sigma(X_t) dW_t, Y_0=y_0. Ergodicity conditions for Y have been obtained. Here we investigate the tail propriety of the stationary distribution of this model. A characterization of either heavy or light tail case is established. The method is based on a renewal theorem for systems of equations with distributions on R.

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@article{arxiv.math/0503527,
  title  = {Tail of a linear diffusion with Markov switching},
  author = {Benoite de Saporta and Jian-Feng Yao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0503527},
  year   = {2007}
}

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Published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/105051604000000828 in the Annals of Applied Probability (http://www.imstat.org/aap/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)