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Cox, A. M. G., Hobson, David (David G.) and Obłój, Jan (2008) Pathwise inequalities for local time : applications to skorokhod embeddings and optimal stopping. Annals of Applied Probability, Vol.18 (No.5). pp. 1870-1896. doi:10.1214/07-AAP507 ISSN 1050-5164.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/07-AAP507
Abstract
We develop a class of pathwise inequalities of the form H(B-t) >= M-t + F(L-t), where B-t is Brownian motion, L-t its local time at zero and M-t a local martingale. The concrete nature of the representation makes the inequality useful for a variety of applications. In this work, we use the inequalities to derive constructions and optimality results of Vallois' Skorokhod embeddings. We discuss their financial interpretation in the context of robust pricing and hedging of options written on the local time. In the final part of the paper we use the inequalities to solve a class of optimal stopping problems of the form sup(tau) E[F(L-tau) - integral(t)(0) beta(B-s)ds]. The solution is given via a minimal solution to a system of differential equations and thus resembles the maximality principle described by Peskir. Throughout, the emphasis is placed on the novelty and simplicity of the techniques.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Statistics | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Local times (Stochastic processes), Brownian motion processes, Martingales (Mathematics), Optimal stopping (Mathematical statistics) | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Annals of Applied Probability | ||||
Publisher: | Institute of Mathematical Statistics | ||||
ISSN: | 1050-5164 | ||||
Official Date: | October 2008 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.18 | ||||
Number: | No.5 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 27 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 1870-1896 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1214/07-AAP507 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 14 December 2015 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 14 December 2015 | ||||
Funder: | Nuffield Foundation (NF), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Sixth Framework Programme (European Commission) (FP6) |
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