560 10 Mixed Processes
Since the process L is a positive local martingale, it is a martingale if and
only if E(L
t
)=L
0
, ∀t. It suffices that
E
exp
sup
t≤T
t
0
ln(1 + γ
s
)dN
s
< ∞,
E
exp
sup
t≤T
t
0
ψ
s
dW
s
< ∞.
Comment 10.3.1.1 The study of uniformly integrable exponential martin-
gales in that setting can be found in many papers, including Cherny and
Shiryaev [169]andL´epingle and M´emin [580]. See also the list at the end of
this book in Appendix B.
10.3.2 Girsanov’s Theorem
From the representation theorem 10.2.6.1,ifP and Q are equivalent proba-
bilities, there exist two predictable processes ψ and γ, with γ>−1 such that
the Radon-Nikod´ym density L of Q with respect to P is of the form
dL
t
= L
t
−
(ψ
t
dW
t
+ γ
t
dM
t
) .
Then, from Theorem 9.4.4.1,
W and
M are Q-local martingales where
W
t
= W
t
−
t
0
ψ
s
ds,
M
t
= M
t
−
t
0
λ(s)γ
s
ds .
If γ is deterministic, the process N is a Q-inhomogeneous Poisson process
with deterministic intensity (λ(t)(1 + γ(t)),t ≥ 0) and
W and
M are Q-
independent. In the general case,
W and
M can fail to be independent as
shown in the following example.
Example 10.3.2.1 Suppose that the intensity of the Poisson process N is
equalto1andletdL
t
= L
t
−
γ
t
dM
t
,L
0
= 1 where γ is a non-deterministic
F
W
-predictable process. Denote by Q
γ
the probability Q
γ
|
F
t
= L
t
P|
F
t
.The
filtration of M
γ
is that of both M and
t
0
γ
s
ds, hence, the processes W and
M
γ
are not independent.
Comments 10.3.2.2 (a) Define Q|
F
T
= L
T
P|
F
T
,whereL follows (10.3.1)
with γ>−1. If E(L
T
) < 1 (this implies that L is a strict local martingale),
then Q is a positive finite measure on F
T
, but this measure is not a probability
measure.
(b) If L satisfies (10.3.1) and is a martingale without the condition γ>−1,
then the measure Q is no longer a positive measure. Nevertheless, one can
define a Q-martingale as a process Z such that ZL is a P-martingale. See
Ruiz de Chavez [748] and Begdhadi-Sakrani [65] for an extended study and
Gaussel [375] for an application to finance.