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Last exit time until first exit time for spectrally negative Lévy processes

Part of: Mathematical economics Stochastic processes Inference from stochastic processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 January 2025

Xiaofeng Yang ,
José M. Pedraza Open the ORCID record for José M. Pedraza [Opens in a new window]  and
Bin Li
Xiaofeng Yang*
Affiliation:
Central South University
José M. Pedraza*
Affiliation:
The University of Manchester
Bin Li*
Affiliation:
University of Waterloo
*
*Postal address: School of Mathematics and Statistics, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, China. Email: yang17xiaofeng@163.com
**Postal address: Department of Mathematics, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK. Email: jose.pedrazaramirez@manchester.ac.uk
***Postal address: Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada. Email: bin.li@uwaterloo.ca
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Abstract

We study the last exit time that a spectrally negative Lévy process is below zero until it reaches a positive level b, denoted by $g_{\tau_b^+}$. We generalize the results of the infinite-horizon last exit time explored by Chiu and Yin (2005) by incorporating a random horizon $\tau_b^+$, which represents the first passage time above b. We derive an explicit expression for the joint Laplace transform of $g_{\tau_b^+}$ and $\tau_b^+$ by utilizing a hybrid observation scheme approach proposed by Li, Willmot, and Wong (2018). We further study the optimal prediction of $g_{\tau_b^+}$ in the $L_1$ sense, and find that the optimal stopping time is the first passage time above a level $y_b^{\ast}$, with an explicit characterization of the stopping boundary $y_b^{\ast}$. As examples, Brownian motion with drift and the Cramér–Lundberg model with exponential jumps are considered.

Keywords

Last exit timefirst exit timespectrally negative Lévy processesdistributionoptimal predictionoptimal stopping

MSC classification

Primary: 60G51: Processes with independent increments; L'evy processes 60G40: Stopping times; optimal stopping problems; gambling theory
Secondary: 91B30: Risk theory, insurance 62M20: Prediction

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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 62 , Issue 3 , September 2025 , pp. 876 - 897
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Applied Probability Trust

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