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Symmetry characterizations of certain distributions, 2: Discounted additive functionals and large deviations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Martin Baxter  and
David Williams
Martin Baxter
Affiliation:
Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1SB
David Williams
Affiliation:
Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1SB
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This paper may be read independently of Baxter and Williams [1], hereinafter denoted by [BW1].

As in [BW1], we are mainly concerned with discounted additive functionals. We find that the large-deviation behaviour of the average depends on the precise average used. We derive, in certain cases, a link (but not equality) between the Cesàro average and Abel average limits, and would expect that other averages would produce other limiting behaviours. We have focused on the exponentially discounted (Abel average) case, both because of its tractability and because of its frequent appearance in decision/control problems and models of financial markets. We do give in subsection (e) the promised ‘excursion’ treatment of symmetry characterizations of the type announced in [BW1]; and this new treatment is simpler, more illuminating and more general. First, however, we focus attention on a different kind of asymptotic behaviour from that studied in [BW1], and on differential equations for exact results.

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 112 , Issue 3 , November 1992 , pp. 599 - 611
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1992

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