Integration by parts formula for locally smooth laws and applications to sensitivity computations

Citation
Bally, Vlad et al., Integration by parts formula for locally smooth laws and applications to sensitivity computations, Annals of applied probability , 17(1), 2007, pp. 33-66
ISSN journal
10505164
Volume
17
Issue
1
Year of publication
2007
Pages
33 - 66
Database
ACNP
SICI code
Abstract
We consider random variables of the form F=f(V1,..,.Vn), where f is a smooth function and Vi, i.., are random variables with absolutely continuous law pi(y).dy. We assume that pi, i=1,..,.n, are piecewise differentiable and we develop a differential calculus of Malliavin type based on .lnpi. This allows us to establish an integration by parts formula E(.i.(F)G)=E(.(F)Hi(F,.G)), where Hi(F,.G) is a random variable constructed using the differential operators acting on F and G. We use this formula in order to give numerical algorithms for sensitivity computations in a model driven by a Lévy process.