Modern Stochastics: Theory and Applications

Some equations are provided for the Variance Gamma process using the definition other than that based on a time-changed Brownian motion. A new nonlocal equation is obtained involving generalized Weyl derivatives, which is true even in the drifted case. The connection to special functions is in focus, and a space equation for the process is studied. In conclusion, the convergence in distribution of a compound Poisson process to the Variance Gamma process is observed.

We introduce a branching process in a sparse random environment as an intermediate model between a Galton–Watson process and a branching process in a random environment. In the critical case we investigate the survival probability and prove Yaglom-type limit theorems, that is, limit theorems for the size of population conditioned on the survival event.

The major characteristic of the cancellable American options is the existing writer’s right to cancel the contract prematurely paying some penalty amount. The main purpose of this paper is to introduce and examine a new subclass of such options for which the penalty which the writer owes for this right consists of three parts – a fixed amount, shares of the underlying asset, and a proportion of the usual option payment. We examine the asymptotic case in which the maturity is set to be infinity. We determine the optimal exercise regions for the option’s holder and writer and derive the fair option price.

The so-called multi-mixed fractional Brownian motions (mmfBm) and multi-mixed fractional Ornstein–Uhlenbeck (mmfOU) processes are studied. These processes are constructed by mixing by superimposing or mixing (infinitely many) independent fractional Brownian motions (fBm) and fractional Ornstein–Uhlenbeck processes (fOU), respectively. Their existence as ${L^{2}}$ processes is proved, and their path properties, viz. long-range and short-range dependence, Hölder continuity, p-variation, and conditional full support, are studied.