Explicit form and robustness of martingale representations

Citation
J. Jacod et al., Explicit form and robustness of martingale representations, ANN PROBAB, 28(4), 2000, pp. 1747-1780
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics
Journal title
ANNALS OF PROBABILITY
ISSN journal
00911798 → ACNP
Volume
28
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1747 - 1780
Database
ISI
SICI code
0091-1798(200010)28:4<1747:EFAROM>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Stochastic integral representation of martingales has been undergoing a ren aissance due to questions motivated by stochastic finance theory. In the Br ownian case one usually has formulas (of differing degrees of exactness) fo r the predictable integrands. We extend some of these to Markov cases where one does not necessarily have stochastic integral representation of all ma rtingales. Moreover we study various convergence questions that arise natur ally from (for example) approximations of "price processes" via Euler schem es for solutions of stochastic differential equations. We obtain general re sults of the following type: let U, U-n be random variables with decomposit ions U = alpha + integral (infinity)(0) xi (s) dX(s) +N-infinity, U-n = alpha (n) + integral (infinity)(0) xi (n)(s) dX(s)(n) + N-infinity(n) , where X, N, X-n, N-n are martingales. If X-n --> X and U-n --> U, when and how does xi (n) --> xi?