Exact simulation of jump-diffusions

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Abstract
This thesis treats the problems of exact simulation and parameter inference for jump-diffusion processes. It has two parts. The first part develops a method for the exact simulation of a skeleton, a hitting time and other functionals of a one-dimensional jump-diffusion with state-dependent drift, volatility, jump intensity and jump size. The method requires the drift function to be C1, the volatility function to be C2, and the jump intensity function to be locally bounded. No further structure is imposed on these functions. The method leads to unbiased simulation estimators of security prices, transition densities, hitting probabilities, and other quantities. Numerical results illustrate its features. The second part develops and analyzes likelihood estimators for the parameters of a discretely-observed jump diffusion. We consider the case when the transition density of the process admits an expansion in terms of an infinite series. A randomization technique leads to an unbiased Monte Carlo estimator of the transition density and the likelihood function. We provide conditions under which resulting likelihood estimators are consistent and asymptotically normal. The method avoids the second-order bias of conventional discretization-based estimators. Unlike the estimators based directly on the density expansion, we do not require high-frequency observations. Numerical results confirm the method's properties.

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Type of resource text
Form electronic; electronic resource; remote
Extent 1 online resource.
Publication date 2014
Issuance monographic
Language English

Creators/Contributors

Associated with Smelov, Dmitry
Associated with Stanford University, Department of Management Science and Engineering.
Primary advisor Giesecke, Kay
Thesis advisor Giesecke, Kay
Thesis advisor Glynn, Peter W
Thesis advisor Owen, Art B
Advisor Glynn, Peter W
Advisor Owen, Art B

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Bibliographic information

Statement of responsibility Dmitry Smelov.
Note Submitted to the Department of Management Science and Engineering.
Thesis Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2014.
Location electronic resource

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© 2014 by Dmitry Smelov
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).

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