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Explicit formulas for Laplace transforms of certain functionals of some time inhomogeneous diffusions

Abstract

We consider a process (Xt)t[0,T)(X_t)_{t\in[0,T)} given by the SDE dXt=αb(t)Xtdt+σ(t)dBtdX_t = \alpha b(t)X_t dt + \sigma(t) dB_t, t[0,T)t\in[0,T), with initial condition X0=0X_0=0, where T(0,]T\in(0,\infty], αR\alpha\in R, (Bt)t[0,T)(B_t)_{t\in[0,T)} is a standard Wiener process, b:[0,T)R{0}b:[0,T)\to R\setminus\{0\} and σ:[0,T)(0,)\sigma:[0,T)\to(0,\infty) are continuously differentiable functions. Assuming that bb and σ\sigma satisfy a certain differential equation we derive an explicit formula for the joint Laplace transform of 0tb(s)2σ(s)2(Xs)2ds\int_0^t\frac{b(s)^2}{\sigma(s)^2}(X_s)^2 ds and (Xt)2(X_t)^2 for all t[0,T)t\in[0,T). As an application, we study asymptotic behavior of the maximum likelihood estimator of α\alpha for \sign(αK)=\sign(K)\sign(\alpha-K)=\sign(K), K0K\ne0, and for α=K\alpha=K, K0K\ne0. As an example, we examine the so-called α\alpha-Wiener bridges given by SDE dXt=αTtXtdt+dBtdX_t = -\frac{\alpha}{T-t}X_t dt + dB_t, t[0,T)t\in[0,T), with initial condition X0=0X_0=0.

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