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In this paper a Malliavin calculus for L\'evy processes based on a family of true derivative operators is developed. The starting point is an extension to L\'evy processes of the pioneering paper by Carlen and Pardoux [8] for the Poisson…
We consider Malliavin calculus based on the It\^o chaos decomposition of square integrable random variables on the L\'evy space. We show that when a random variable satisfies a certain measurability condition, its differentiability and…
In this paper, we construct a Malliavin derivative for functionals of square-integrable L\'evy processes and derive a Clark-Ocone formula. The Malliavin derivative is defined via chaos expansions involving stochastic integrals with respect…
In this paper, we use the Malliavin calculus techniques to obtain an anticipative version of the change of variable formula for L\'evy processes. Here the coefficients are in the domain of the anihilation (gradient) operator in the "future…
By means of the Malliavin calculus, integral representations for the likelihood function and for the derivative of the log-likelihood function are given for a model based on discrete time observations of the solution to equation…
We prove simple general formulas for expectations of functions of a L\'evy process and its running extremum. Under additional conditions, we derive analytical formulas using the Fourier/Laplace inversion and Wiener-Hopf factorization, and…
We consider Malliavin smoothness of random variables $f(X_1)$, where $X$ is a pure jump L\'evy process and $f$ is either bounded and H\"older continuous or of bounded variation. We show that Malliavin differentiability and fractional…
This brief manuscript provides an introduction to L\'evy processes and their applications in finance as the random process that drives asset models. Characteristic functions and random variable generators of popular L\'evy processes are…
We develop a general construction for nonlinear L\'evy processes with given characteristics. More precisely, given a set $\Theta$ of L\'evy triplets, we construct a sublinear expectation on Skorohod space under which the canonical process…
Malliavin calculus is a powerful and general framework for the analysis of square-integrable random variables, but it often suffers from a lack of tractability and explicit representations. To address this limitation, we focus on a subclass…
Assume a L\'evy process $X$ on the time interval $[0,1]$ that is an $L_2$-martingale and let $Y$ be either its stochastic exponential or $X$ itself. We consider Riemann-approximations of certain stochastic integrals driven by $Y$ and relate…
The Malliavin derivative for a L\'evy process $(X_t)$ can be defined on the space $\DD_{1,2}$ using a chaos expansion or in the case of a pure jump process also via an increment quotient operator \cite{sole-utzet-vives}. In this paper we…
We introduce a general algorithm for the computation of the scale functions of a spectrally negative L\'evy process $X$, based on a natural weak approximation of $X$ via upwards skip-free continuous-time Markov chains with stationary…
We consider random variables of the form $F=f(V_1,...,V_n)$, where $f$ is a smooth function and $V_i,i\in\mathbb{N}$, are random variables with absolutely continuous law $p_i(y) dy$. We assume that $p_i$, $i=1,...,n$, are piecewise…
The classical notion of L\'evy process is generalized to one that takes as its values probabilities on a first order model equipped with a commutative semigroup. This is achieved by applying a convolution product on definable probabilities…
We consider measurable $F: \Omega \times \mathbb{R}^d \to \mathbb{R}$ where $F(\cdot, x)$ belongs for any $x$ to the Malliavin Sobolev space $\mathbb{D}_{1,2}$ (with respect to a L\'evy process) and provide sufficient conditions on $F$ and…
Markov processes are used in a wide range of disciplines, including finance. The transition densities of these processes are often unknown. However, the conditional characteristic functions are more likely to be available, especially for…
Pure-jump L\'evy processes are popular classes of stochastic processes which have found many applications in finance, statistics or machine learning. In this paper, we propose a novel family of self-decomposable L\'evy processes where one…
The probabilistic symbol is the right-hand side derivative of the characteristic functions corresponding to the one-dimensional marginals of a stochastic process. This object, as long as the derivative exists, provides crucial information…
By means of the Malliavin calculus, integral representation for the second derivative of the loglikelihood function are given for a model based on discrete time observations of the solution to SDE driven by a Levy process.