Transition probabilities in a problem of stochastic process switching

Authors
Publication date 2012
Journal Economics Letters
Volume | Issue number 114 | 2
Pages (from-to) 201-204
Organisations
  • Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) - Amsterdam School of Economics Research Institute (ASE-RI)
Abstract Extant solutions for state-contingent process switching use first-passage time densities or differential equations. We alternatively employ transition probabilities. These conditional likelihood functions also have obvious appeal for econometric analyses as well as derivative pricing and decision making under absorption and extinction.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2011.09.042
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