On the last zero process with an application in corporate bankruptcy

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Main Authors: Baurdoux, Erik J., Pedraza, J. M.
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author Baurdoux, Erik J.
Pedraza, J. M.
author_facet Baurdoux, Erik J.
Pedraza, J. M.
contents For a spectrally negative Lévy process $X$, consider $g_t$, the last time $X$ is below the level zero before time $t\geq 0$. We use a perturbation method for Lévy processes to derive an Itô formula for the three-dimensional process $\{(g_t,t, X_t), t\geq 0 \}$ and its infinitesimal generator. Moreover, with $U_t:=t-g_t$, the length of a current positive excursion, we derive a general formula that allows us to calculate a functional of the whole path of $ (U, X)=\{(U_t, X_t),t\geq 0\}$ in terms of the positive and negative excursions of the process $X$. As a corollary, we find the joint Laplace transform of $(U_{\mathbf{e}_q}, X_{\mathbf{e}_q})$, where $\mathbf{e}_q$ is an independent exponential time, and the q-potential measure of the process $(U, X)$. Furthermore, using the results mentioned above, we find a solution to a general optimal stopping problem depending on $(U, X)$ with an application in corporate bankruptcy. Lastly, we establish a link between the optimal prediction of $g_{\infty}$ and optimal stopping problems in terms of $(U, X)$ as per Baurdoux and Pedraza (2024).
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spellingShingle On the last zero process with an application in corporate bankruptcy
Baurdoux, Erik J.
Pedraza, J. M.
Probability
60G40, 60G51, 60J35
For a spectrally negative Lévy process $X$, consider $g_t$, the last time $X$ is below the level zero before time $t\geq 0$. We use a perturbation method for Lévy processes to derive an Itô formula for the three-dimensional process $\{(g_t,t, X_t), t\geq 0 \}$ and its infinitesimal generator. Moreover, with $U_t:=t-g_t$, the length of a current positive excursion, we derive a general formula that allows us to calculate a functional of the whole path of $ (U, X)=\{(U_t, X_t),t\geq 0\}$ in terms of the positive and negative excursions of the process $X$. As a corollary, we find the joint Laplace transform of $(U_{\mathbf{e}_q}, X_{\mathbf{e}_q})$, where $\mathbf{e}_q$ is an independent exponential time, and the q-potential measure of the process $(U, X)$. Furthermore, using the results mentioned above, we find a solution to a general optimal stopping problem depending on $(U, X)$ with an application in corporate bankruptcy. Lastly, we establish a link between the optimal prediction of $g_{\infty}$ and optimal stopping problems in terms of $(U, X)$ as per Baurdoux and Pedraza (2024).
title On the last zero process with an application in corporate bankruptcy
topic Probability
60G40, 60G51, 60J35
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.06871