Seminar: Efficient Parameter Estimation for Multivariate Jump-Diffusions
Date: Jun 5 (Mon), 2017
Time: 11:00am to 12:15pm
Venue: Room 7-208, 7/F, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building

This paper develops an unbiased Monte Carlo estimator of the transition density of a multivariate jump-diffusion process. The drift, volatility, jump intensity, and jump magnitude are allowed to be state-dependent and non-affine. It is not necessary that the volatility matrix can be diagonalized using a change of variable or change of time. Our density estimator facilitates the parametric estimation of multivariate jump-diffusion models based on discretely observed data. Under conditions that can be verified with our density estimator, the parameter estimators we propose have the same asymptotic behavior as maximum likelihood estimators as the number of data points grows, but the observation frequency of the data is kept fixed. In a numerical case study of practical relevance, our density and parameter estimators are found to be highly accurate and computationally efficient.

Event Speaker
Prof Gustavo Schwenkler, Questrom School of Business, Boston University

Gustavo is an assistant professor of finance at the Questrom School of Business of Boston University. His research focuses on the development of statistical and computational tools for the measurement of financial risks. His work also studies the sources of instabilities in financial markets. Gustavo received his PhD in management science and engineering in 2013 from Stanford University and his diploma in applied mathematics and economics from the University of Cologne. Prior to pursuing his doctorate, Gustavo worked at Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank.