We pursue an inverse approach to utility theory and associated consumption and investment problems. Instead of specifying a utility function and deriving the actions of an agent, we assume that we observe the actions of the agent (i.e. consumption and investment strategies) and ask if it is...

Consider a compound Poisson process which is discretely observed with sampling interval <InlineEquation ID="IEq1"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$$\Delta $$</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"> <math xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <mi mathvariant="normal">Δ</mi> </math> </EquationSource> </InlineEquation> until exactly <InlineEquation ID="IEq2"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$$n$$</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"> <math xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <mi>n</mi> </math> </EquationSource> </InlineEquation> nonzero increments are obtained. The jump density and the intensity of the Poisson process are unknown. In this paper, we build and study parametric estimators...</equationsource></equationsource></inlineequation></equationsource></equationsource></inlineequation>

Confidence intervals and joint confidence sets are constructed for the nonparametric calibration of exponential Lévy models based on prices of European options. To this end, we show joint asymptotic normality in the spectral calibration method for the estimators of the volatility, the drift,...

We consider two semiparametric models for the weight function in a bias sample model. The object of our interest parametrizes the weight function, and it is either Euclidean or non Euclidean. One of the models discussed in this paper is motivated by the estimation the mixing distribution of...