November 2021 Recovering Brownian and jump parts from high-frequency observations of a Lévy process
Jorge González Cázares, Jevgenijs Ivanovs
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Bernoulli 27(4): 2413-2436 (November 2021). DOI: 10.3150/20-BEJ1314

Abstract

We introduce two general non-parametric methods for recovering paths of the Brownian and jump components from high-frequency observations of a Lévy process. The first procedure relies on reordering of independently sampled normal increments and thus avoids tuning parameters. The functionality of this method is a consequence of the small time predominance of the Brownian component, the presence of exchangeable structures, and fast convergence of normal empirical quantile functions. The second procedure amounts to filtering the increments and compensating with the final value. It requires a carefully chosen threshold, in which case both methods yield the same rate of convergence. This rate depends on the small-jump activity and is given in terms of the Blumenthal–Getoor index. Finally, we discuss possible extensions, including the multidimensional case, and provide numerical illustrations.

Acknowledgments

J. González Cázares is grateful for the support of The Alan Turing Institute under EPSRC grant EP/N510129/1 and CoNaCyT scholarship 2018-000009-01EXTF-00624 CVU699336. J. Ivanovs gratefully acknowledges financial support of Sapere Aude Starting Grant 8049-00021B “Distributional Robustness in Assessment of Extreme Risk”.

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Jorge González Cázares. Jevgenijs Ivanovs. "Recovering Brownian and jump parts from high-frequency observations of a Lévy process." Bernoulli 27 (4) 2413 - 2436, November 2021. https://doi.org/10.3150/20-BEJ1314

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Received: 1 May 2020; Revised: 1 October 2020; Published: November 2021
First available in Project Euclid: 24 August 2021

MathSciNet: MR4303889
Digital Object Identifier: 10.3150/20-BEJ1314

Keywords: Brownian bridge , coupling , exchangeability , high-frequency statistics , reordering of increments

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