scholarly journals The two-sided exit problem for spectrally positive Lévy processes

1990 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 486-487 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. C. G. Rogers
2007 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 1012-1030 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaowen Zhou

For a spectrally negative Lévy process X on the real line, let S denote its supremum process and let I denote its infimum process. For a > 0, let τ(a) and κ(a) denote the times when the reflected processes Ŷ := S − X and Y := X − I first exit level a, respectively; let τ−(a) and κ−(a) denote the times when X first reaches Sτ(a) and Iκ(a), respectively. The main results of this paper concern the distributions of (τ(a), Sτ(a), τ−(a), Ŷτ(a)) and of (κ(a), Iκ(a), κ−(a)). They generalize some recent results on spectrally negative Lévy processes. Our approach relies on results concerning the solution to the two-sided exit problem for X. Such an approach is also adapted to study the excursions for the reflected processes. More explicit expressions are obtained when X is either a Brownian motion with drift or a completely asymmetric stable process.


2004 ◽  
Vol 41 (04) ◽  
pp. 1191-1198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaowen Zhou

We consider a two-sided exit problem for a Lévy process with no positive jumps. The Laplace transform of the time when the process first exits an interval from above is obtained. It is expressed in terms of another Laplace transform for the one-sided exit problem. Applications of this result are discussed. In particular, a new expression for the solution to the two-sided exit problem is obtained. The joint distribution of the minimum and the maximum values of such a Lévy process is also studied.


2007 ◽  
Vol 44 (04) ◽  
pp. 1012-1030 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaowen Zhou

For a spectrally negative Lévy process X on the real line, let S denote its supremum process and let I denote its infimum process. For a > 0, let τ(a) and κ(a) denote the times when the reflected processes Ŷ := S − X and Y := X − I first exit level a, respectively; let τ−(a) and κ−(a) denote the times when X first reaches S τ(a) and I κ(a), respectively. The main results of this paper concern the distributions of (τ(a), S τ(a), τ−(a), Ŷ τ(a)) and of (κ(a), I κ(a), κ−(a)). They generalize some recent results on spectrally negative Lévy processes. Our approach relies on results concerning the solution to the two-sided exit problem for X. Such an approach is also adapted to study the excursions for the reflected processes. More explicit expressions are obtained when X is either a Brownian motion with drift or a completely asymmetric stable process.


2004 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 1191-1198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaowen Zhou

We consider a two-sided exit problem for a Lévy process with no positive jumps. The Laplace transform of the time when the process first exits an interval from above is obtained. It is expressed in terms of another Laplace transform for the one-sided exit problem. Applications of this result are discussed. In particular, a new expression for the solution to the two-sided exit problem is obtained. The joint distribution of the minimum and the maximum values of such a Lévy process is also studied.


2010 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernst Eberlein ◽  
Dilip Madan

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