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hence,
P(T (x) ≥ t)=P
x ≥
N
t
k=1
Y
k
=
n
P(N
t
= n)F
∗n
(x) .
For a cumulative distribution function F with support in R,
P(T (x) ≥ t)=
n
P(N
t
= n)P(Y
1
≤ x, Y
1
+ Y
2
≤ x,...,Y
1
+ ···+ Y
n
≤ x) .
Assume now that c = 0, that the support of F is included in [0, ∞[and
that, for every u, E(e
uY
1
) < ∞. Setting ψ(u)=cu +
∞
0
(e
uy
− 1)ν(dy), the
process (exp(uZ
t
− tψ(u)),t ≥ 0) is a martingale (Corollary 8.6.3.3). Since
the process Z has no negative jumps, the level cannot be crossed with a
jump and therefore Z
T (x)
= −x. From Doob’s optional sampling theorem,
E(e
uZ
t∧T (x)
−(t∧T (x))ψ(u)
)=1andwhent goes to infinity, one obtains
E(e
−ux−T (x)ψ(u)
1
{T (x)<∞}
)=1.
Hence one gets the Laplace transform of T (x)
E(e
−θT(x)
1
{T (x)<∞}
)=e
xψ
(θ)
,
where ψ
is the negative inverse of ψ (i.e., ψ
(θ) is the solution y of ψ(y)=θ
for θ>0 which satisfies y<0).
Example 8.6.5.1 (One-sided Exponential Law.)
If F (dy)=κe
−κy
1
{y>0}
dy, one obtains ψ(u)=cu −
λu
κ+u
, hence inverting ψ,
E(e
−θT(x)
1
{T (x)<∞}
)=e
xψ
(θ)
,
with
ψ
(θ)=
λ + θ − κc −
*
(λ + θ − κc)
2
+4θκc
2c
.
Exercise 8.6.5.2 Let X
t
=
N
t
i=1
Y
i
and X
∗
t
=
N
∗
t
i=1
Y
∗
i
be two compound
Poisson processes, where N, N
∗
are independent Poisson processes with
respective intensities λ and λ
∗
. We assume that the four random objects
N,N
∗
,Y,Y
∗
are independent and that the law of Y
1
(resp. the law of Y
∗
1
)
has support in [0, ∞[. Prove that e
−ρ(X
t
−X
∗
t
)
is a martingale for ρ arootof
λE(e
−ρY
1
− 1) + λ
∗
E(e
ρY
∗
1
− 1) = 0.