Abstract:
Let B=(Bt)t⩾0 be standard Brownian motion started at 0 under P, let St=max0\lr\ltBr be the maximum process associated with B, and let g:R+→R be a (strictly) monotone continuous function satisfying g(s)<s for all s⩾0. Let τ be the first-passage time of B over t↦g(St): τ=inf{t>0∣Bt⩽g(St)}.
Let G be the function defined by G(y)=exp(−∫g−1(y)0dss−g(s))
for y∈R in the range of g. Then, if g is increasing, we have limt→∞√tP{τ⩾t}=√2π(−g(0)−∫g(∞)g(0)G(y)dy), and this number is finite. Similarly, if g is decreasing, we have limt→∞√tP{τ⩾t}=√2π(−g(0)+∫g(0)g(∞)G(y)dy}
and this number may be infinite. These results may be viewed as a stochastic boundary extension of some known results on the first-passage time over deterministic boundaries. The method of proof relies on the classical Tauberian theorem and certain extensions of the Novikov-Kazamaki criteria for exponential martingales.
Keywords:
Brownian motion, the first-passage time, stochastic boundary, Novikov–Kazamaki criteria, Tauberian theorem, Girsanov measure change, local martingale, diffusion process.
Citation:
G. Peskir, A. N. Shiryaev, “On the Brownian first-passage time over a one-sided stochastic boundary”, Teor. Veroyatnost. i Primenen., 42:3 (1997), 591–602; Theory Probab. Appl., 42:3 (1998), 444–453