Marc Yor

Call option prices based on Bessel processes (2008)

Yen, Ju-Yi, Yor, Marc

As a complement to some recent work by Pal and Protter, "Strict local martingales, bubbles, and no early exercise", we show that the call option prices associated with the Bessel strict local...

Penalising symmetric stable L\'evy paths (2008)

Yano, Kouji, Yano, Yuko, Yor, Marc

Limit theorems for the normalized laws with respect to two kinds of weight functionals are studied for any symmetric stable L\'evy process of index $ 1 < \alpha \le 2 $. The first kind is a function...

From Black-Scholes and Dupire formulae to last passage times of local martingales. Part B : The finite time horizon (2008)

Bentata, Amel, Yor, Marc

These notes are the second half of the contents of the course given by the second author at the Bachelier Seminar (8-15-22 February 2008) at IHP. They also correspond to topics studied by the first...

From Black-Scholes and Dupire formulae to last passage times of local martingales. Part B : The finite time horizon (2008)

Bentata, Amel, Yor, Marc

These notes are the second half of the contents of the course given by the second author at the Bachelier Seminar (8-15-22 February 2008) at IHP. They also correspond to topics studied by the first...

From Black-Scholes and Dupire formulae to last passage times of local martingales. Part B : The finite time horizon (2008)

Bentata, Amel, Yor, Marc

These notes are the second half of the contents of the course given by the second author at the Bachelier Seminar (8-15-22 February 2008) at IHP. They also correspond to topics studied by the first...

A family of generalized gamma convoluted variables (2008)

Roynette, Bernard, Vallois, Pierre, Yor, Marc

This paper consists of three parts: in the first part, we describe a family of generalized gamma convoluted (abbreviated as GGC) variables. In the second part, we use this description toprove that...

A family of generalized gamma convoluted variables (2008)

Roynette, Bernard, Vallois, Pierre, Yor, Marc

This paper consists of three parts: in the first part, we describe a family of generalized gamma convoluted (abbreviated as GGC) variables. In the second part, we use this description toprove that...

Renewal series and square-root boundaries for Bessel processes (2008)

Enriquez, Nathanael, Sabot, Christophe, Yor, Marc

We show how a description of Brownian exponential functionals as a renewal series gives access to the law of the hitting time of a square-root boundary by a Bessel process. This extends classical...

Renewal series and square-root boundaries for Bessel processes (2008)

Enriquez, Nathanael, Sabot, Christophe, Yor, Marc

We show how a description of Brownian exponential functionals as a renewal series gives access to the law of the hitting time of a square-root boundary by a Bessel process. This extends classical...

Renewal series and square-root boundaries for Bessel processes (2008)

Enriquez, Nathanael, Sabot, Christophe, Yor, Marc

We show how a description of Brownian exponential functionals as a renewal series gives access to the law of the hitting time of a square-root boundary by a Bessel process. This extends classical...

From Black-Scholes and Dupire formulae to last passage times of local martingales. Part A : The infinite time horizon (2008)

Bentata, Amel, Yor, Marc

These notes are the first half of the contents of the course given by the second author at the Bachelier Seminar (February 8-15-22 2008) at IHP. They also correspond to topics studied by the first...

From Black-Scholes and Dupire formulae to last passage times of local martingales. Part A : The infinite time horizon (2008)

Bentata, Amel, Yor, Marc

These notes are the first half of the contents of the course given by the second author at the Bachelier Seminar (February 8-15-22 2008) at IHP. They also correspond to topics studied by the first...

From Black-Scholes and Dupire formulae to last passage times of local martingales. Part A : The infinite time horizon (2008)

Bentata, Amel, Yor, Marc

These notes are the first half of the contents of the course given by the second author at the Bachelier Seminar (February 8-15-22 2008) at IHP. They also correspond to topics studied by the first...

Unifying Black-Scholes type formulae which involve Brownian last passage times up to a finite horizon (2008)

Madan, D., Roynette, Bernard, Yor, Marc

The authors recently discovered some interesting relations between the Black-Scholes formula and last passage times of the Brownian exponential martingales, which invites one to seek analogous...

Unifying Black-Scholes type formulae which involve Brownian last passage times up to a finite horizon (2008)

Madan, D., Roynette, Bernard, Yor, Marc

The authors recently discovered some interesting relations between the Black-Scholes formula and last passage times of the Brownian exponential martingales, which invites one to seek analogous...

Ten penalisation results of Brownian motion involving its one-sided supremum until first and last passage times, VIII (2008)

Roynette, Bernard, Yor, Marc

We penalise Brownian motion by a function of its one-sided supremum considered up to the last zero before $t$, resp. first zero after $t$, of that Brownian motion. This study presents some analogy...

Penalisation of Brownian motion with its maximum and minimum processes as weak forms of Skorokhod embedding, X (2008)

Roynette, Bernard, Vallois, Pierre, Yor, Marc

We develop a Brownian penalisation procedure related to weight processes $(F_t$) of the type : $F_t := f(I_t, S_t) where $f$ is a bounded function with compact support and $S_t (resp. I_t)$ is the...

Ten penalisation results of Brownian motion involving its one-sided supremum until first and last passage times, VIII (2008)

Roynette, Bernard, Yor, Marc

We penalise Brownian motion by a function of its one-sided supremum considered up to the last zero before $t$, resp. first zero after $t$, of that Brownian motion. This study presents some analogy...

Penalisation of Brownian motion with its maximum and minimum processes as weak forms of Skorokhod embedding, X (2008)

Roynette, Bernard, Vallois, Pierre, Yor, Marc

We develop a Brownian penalisation procedure related to weight processes $(F_t$) of the type : $F_t := f(I_t, S_t) where $f$ is a bounded function with compact support and $S_t (resp. I_t)$ is the...

From Black-Scholes formula, to local times and last passage times for certain submartingales (2008)

Madan, D., Roynette, Bernard, Yor, Marc

Motivated by an expression of the standard Black-Scholes formula as (a multiple of) the cumulative function of a certain distribution on $\/Bbb R_+$, we discuss a general extension of this identity...

From Black-Scholes formula, to local times and last passage times for certain submartingales (2008)

Madan, D., Roynette, Bernard, Yor, Marc

Motivated by an expression of the standard Black-Scholes formula as (a multiple of) the cumulative function of a certain distribution on $\/Bbb R_+$, we discuss a general extension of this identity...

Local limit theorems for Brownian additive functionals and penalisation of Brownian paths, IX (2008)

Roynette, Bernard, Yor, Marc

We obtain a local limit theorem for the laws of a class of Brownian additive functionals and we apply this result to a penalisation problem. We study precisely the case of the additive functional :...

Local limit theorems for Brownian additive functionals and penalisation of Brownian paths, IX (2008)

Roynette, Bernard, Yor, Marc

We obtain a local limit theorem for the laws of a class of Brownian additive functionals and we apply this result to a penalisation problem. We study precisely the case of the additive functional :...

On the time to reach maximum for a variety of constrained Brownian motions (2008)

Majumdar, Satya. N., Randon-Furling, Julien, Kearney, Michael J., Yor, Marc

We derive P(M,t_m), the joint probability density of the maximum M and the time t_m at which this maximum is achieved for a class of constrained Brownian motions. In particular, we provide explicit...

On the time to reach maximum for a variety of constrained Brownian motions (2008)

Majumdar, Satya. N., Randon-Furling, Julien, Kearney, Michael J., Yor, Marc

We derive P(M,t_m), the joint probability density of the maximum M and the time t_m at which this maximum is achieved for a class of constrained Brownian motions. In particular, we provide explicit...

An alternative expression for the Black-Scholes formula in terms of Brownian first and last passage times (2008)

Madan, D., Roynette, Bernard, Yor, Marc

The celebrated Black-Scholes formula which gives the price of a European option, may be expressed as the cumulative function of a last passage time of Brownian motion. A related result involving...

An alternative expression for the Black-Scholes formula in terms of Brownian first and last passage times (2008)

Madan, D., Roynette, Bernard, Yor, Marc

The celebrated Black-Scholes formula which gives the price of a European option, may be expressed as the cumulative function of a last passage time of Brownian motion. A related result involving...

On the time to reach maximum for a variety of constrained Brownian motions (2008)

Majumdar, Satya. N., Randon-Furling, Julien, Kearney, Michael J., Yor, Marc

We derive P(M,t_m), the joint probability density of the maximum M and the time t_m at which this maximum is achieved for a class of constrained Brownian motions. In particular, we provide explicit...

Limiting laws associated with Brownian motion perturbed by its maximum, minimum and local time II (2007)

Roynette, Bernard, Vallois, Pierre, Yor, Marc

We obtain probability measures on the canonical space penalizing the Wiener measure by a function of its maximum (resp. minimum, local time). We study the law of the canonical process under these new...

Limiting laws associated with Brownian motion perturbed by its maximum, minimum and local time II (2007)

Roynette, Bernard, Vallois, Pierre, Yor, Marc

We obtain probability measures on the canonical space penalizing the Wiener measure by a function of its maximum (resp. minimum, local time). We study the law of the canonical process under these new...

Generalized Gamma convolutions, Dirichlet means, Thorin measures with explicit examples (2007)

James, L.F., Roynette, Bernard, Yor, Marc

In section 1, we present a number of classical results concerning the generalized Gamma convolution ( : GGC) variables, their Wiener-Gamma representations, and relation with Dirichlet processes. To a...

Generalized Gamma convolutions, Dirichlet means, Thorin measures with explicit examples (2007)

James, L.F., Roynette, Bernard, Yor, Marc

In section 1, we present a number of classical results concerning the generalized Gamma convolution ( : GGC) variables, their Wiener-Gamma representations, and relation with Dirichlet processes. To a...

Generalized Gamma Convolutions, Dirichlet means, Thorin measures, with explicit examples (2007)

James, Lancelot F., Roynette, Bernard, Yor, Marc

I. In Section 1, we present a number of classical results concerning the Generalized Gamma Convolution (: GGC) variables, their Wiener-Gamma representations, and relation with the Dirichlet...

The barnes G function and its relations with sums and products of generalized Gamma convolution variables (2007)

Nikeghbali, Ashkan, Yor, Marc

We give a probabilistic interpretation for the Barnes G-function which appears in random matrix theory and in analytic number theory in the important moments conjecture due to Keating-Snaith for the...

Quasi-invariance properties of a class of subordinators (2007)

Von Renesse, Max-K., Yor, Marc, Zambotti, Lorenzo

We study absolute-continuity properties of a class of stochastic processes, including the gamma and the Dirichlet processes. We prove that the laws of a general class of non-linear transformations of...

Quasi-invariance properties of a class of subordinators (2007)

Von Renesse, Max-K., Yor, Marc, Zambotti, Lorenzo

We study absolute-continuity properties of a class of stochastic processes, including the gamma and the Dirichlet processes. We prove that the laws of a general class of non-linear transformations of...

Quasi-invariance properties of a class of subordinators (2007)

Von Renesse, Max-K., Yor, Marc, Zambotti, Lorenzo

We study absolute-continuity properties of a class of stochastic processes, including the gamma and the Dirichlet processes. We prove that the laws of a general class of non-linear transformations of...

The characteristic polynomial of a random unitary matrix: a probabilistic approach (2007)

Bourgade, Paul, Hughes, Chris, Nikeghbali, Ashkan, Yor, Marc

In this paper, we propose a probabilistic approach to the study of the characteristic polynomial of a random unitary matrix. We recover the Mellin Fourier transform of such a random polynomial, first...

Burkholder's submartingales from a stochastic calculus perspective (2007)

Peccati, Giovanni, Yor, Marc

We provide a simple proof, as well as several generalizations, of a recent result by Davis and Suh, characterizing a class of continuous submartingales and supermartingales that can be expressed in...

Burkholder's submartingales from a stochastic calculus perspective (2007)

Peccati, Giovanni, Yor, Marc

We provide a simple proof, as well as several generalizations, of a recent result by Davis and Suh, characterizing a class of continuous submartingales and supermartingales that can be expressed in...

Burkholder's submartingales from a stochastic calculus perspective (2007)

Peccati, Giovanni, Yor, Marc

We provide a simple proof, as well as several generalizations, of a recent result by Davis and Suh, characterizing a class of continuous submartingales and supermartingales that can be expressed in...

Limiting laws associated with Brownian motion perturbated by normalized exponential weights I. (2007)

Roynette, Bernard, Vallois, Pierre, Yor, Marc

We determine the rate of decay of the expectation Z(t) of some multiplicative functional related to Brownian motion up to time t. This permits to prove that the Wiener measure, penalized by this...

Limiting laws associated with Brownian motion perturbated by normalized exponential weights I. (2007)

Roynette, Bernard, Vallois, Pierre, Yor, Marc

We determine the rate of decay of the expectation Z(t) of some multiplicative functional related to Brownian motion up to time t. This permits to prove that the Wiener measure, penalized by this...

On the excursion theory for linear diffusions (2007)

Salminen, Paavo, Vallois, Pierre, Yor, Marc

We present a number of important identities related to the excursion theory of linear diffusions. In particular, excursions straddling an independent exponential time are studied in detail. Letting...

Some extensions of Pitman's and Ray-Knight's theorems for penalized Brownian motions and their local times, IV (2007)

Roynette, Bernard, Vallois, Pierre, Yor, Marc

We give some extensions of Pitman's and Ray-Knight's theorems via a penalization procedure involving Brownian motion and its local time at 0

On the excursion theory for linear diffusions (2007)

Salminen, Paavo, Vallois, Pierre, Yor, Marc

We present a number of important identities related to the excursion theory of linear diffusions. In particular, excursions straddling an independent exponential time are studied in detail. Letting...

Some extensions of Pitman's and Ray-Knight's theorems for penalized Brownian motions and their local times, IV (2007)

Roynette, Bernard, Vallois, Pierre, Yor, Marc

We give some extensions of Pitman's and Ray-Knight's theorems via a penalization procedure involving Brownian motion and its local time at 0

Two examples of functional penalisations of Brownian motion, VIII (2007)

Roynette, Bernard, Yor, Marc

On one hand, we penalise Brownian paths by a function of one-sided supremum of Brownian motion, considered up to the last, resp. the first, zero, before $t$, resp. after $t$. This study provides some...

Two examples of functional penalisations of Brownian motion, VIII (2007)

Roynette, Bernard, Yor, Marc

On one hand, we penalise Brownian paths by a function of one-sided supremum of Brownian motion, considered up to the last, resp. the first, zero, before $t$, resp. after $t$. This study provides some...

Euler's formula for zeta(2n) and Cauchy variables (2007)

Bourgade, Paul, Fujita, Takahiko, Yor, Marc

Euler's formulae for zeta(2n) are recovered from the computation in two dierent manners of the even moments of log(|C1C2|), for C1 and C2 two independent standard Cauchy variables. The method...

Euler's formula for zeta(2n) and Cauchy variables (2007)

Bourgade, Paul, Fujita, Takahiko, Yor, Marc

Euler's formulae for zeta(2n) are recovered from the computation in two dierent manners of the even moments of log(|C1C2|), for C1 and C2 two independent standard Cauchy variables. The method...

Tilted stable subordinators, Gamma time changes and Occupation Time of rays by Bessel Spiders (2007)

James, Lancelot F., Yor, Marc

We exhibit, in the form of some identities in law, some connections between tilted stable subordinators, time-changed by independent Gamma processes and the occupation times of Bessel spiders, or...

On the excursion theory for linear diffusions (2006)

Salminen, Paavo, Vallois, Pierre, Yor, Marc

We present a number of important identities related to the excursion theory of linear diffusions. In particular, excursions straddling an independent exponential time are studied in detail. Letting...

Random Matrices and the Riemann zeta function (2006)

Bourgade, Paul, Yor, Marc

These notes are based on a talk given at the Institut de Mathématiques Elie Cartan de Nancy in June 2006. Their purpose is to introduce the reader to some links between two fields of mathematics :...

Random Matrices and the Riemann zeta function (2006)

Bourgade, Paul, Yor, Marc

These notes are based on a talk given at the Institut de Mathématiques Elie Cartan de Nancy in June 2006. Their purpose is to introduce the reader to some links between two fields of mathematics :...

On a particular class of self-decomposable random variables : the durations of Bessel excursions straddling independent exponential times. (2006)

Bertoin, J., Fujita, T., Roynette, Bernard, Yor, Marc

The distributional properties of the duration of a recurrent Bessel process straddling an independent exponential time are studied in detail. Althrough our study may be considered as a particular...

On a particular class of self-decomposable random variables : the durations of Bessel excursions straddling independent exponential times. (2006)

Bertoin, J., Fujita, T., Roynette, Bernard, Yor, Marc

The distributional properties of the duration of a recurrent Bessel process straddling an independent exponential time are studied in detail. Althrough our study may be considered as a particular...

On a particular class of self-decomposable random variables : the durations of Bessel excursions straddling independent exponential times. (2006)

Bertoin, J., Fujita, T., Roynette, Bernard, Yor, Marc

The distributional properties of the duration of a recurrent Bessel process straddling an independent exponential time are studied in detail. Althrough our study may be considered as a particular...

On a particular class of self-decomposable random variables : the durations of Bessel excursions straddling independent exponential times. (2006)

Bertoin, J., Fujita, T., Roynette, Bernard, Yor, Marc

The distributional properties of the duration of a recurrent Bessel process straddling an independent exponential time are studied in detail. Althrough our study may be considered as a particular...

A chaotic representation property of the multidimensional Dunkl processes (2006)

Gallardo, Léonard, Yor, Marc

Dunkl processes are martingales as well as c\`{a}dl\`{a}g homogeneous Markov processes taking values in $\mathbb{R}^d$ and they are naturally associated with a root system. In this paper we study the...

The laws of Brownian local time integrals (2006)

Gradinaru, Mihai, Roynette, Bernard, Vallois, Pierre, Yor, Marc

We obtain some identities in law and some limit theorems for integrals of the type $\int_{0}^{t}\varphi(s)d{\rm L}_{s}$. Here $\varphi$ is a positive locally bounded Borel function and ${\rm L}_{t}$...

Abel transform and integrals of Bessel local times (2006)

Gradinaru, Mihai, Roynette, Bernard, Vallois, Pierre, Yor, Marc

We study integrals of the type $\int_{0}^{t}\varphi(s)dL_{s}$, where $\varphi$ is a positive locally bounded Borel function and $L_{t}$ denotes the local time at level 0 of a Bessel process of...

The laws of Brownian local time integrals (2006)

Gradinaru, Mihai, Roynette, Bernard, Vallois, Pierre, Yor, Marc

We obtain some identities in law and some limit theorems for integrals of the type $\int_{0}^{t}\varphi(s)d{\rm L}_{s}$. Here $\varphi$ is a positive locally bounded Borel function and ${\rm L}_{t}$...

Abel transform and integrals of Bessel local times (2006)

Gradinaru, Mihai, Roynette, Bernard, Vallois, Pierre, Yor, Marc

We study integrals of the type $\int_{0}^{t}\varphi(s)dL_{s}$, where $\varphi$ is a positive locally bounded Borel function and $L_{t}$ denotes the local time at level 0 of a Bessel process of...

A chaotic representation property of the multidimensional Dunkl processes (2006)

Gallardo, Léonard, Yor, Marc

Dunkl processes are martingales as well as càdlàg homogeneous Markov processes taking values in ℝd and they are naturally associated with a root system. In this paper we study the jumps of these...

Asymptotic laws for compositions derived from transformed subordinators (2006)

Gnedin, Alexander, Pitman, Jim, Yor, Marc

A random composition of n appears when the points of a random closed set ℛ̃⊂[0,1] are used to separate into blocks n points sampled from the uniform distribution. We study the number of parts Kn...

Options on Hedge Funds under the High Water Mark Rule (2006)

Atlan, Marc, Geman, Hélyette, Yor, Marc

The rapidly growing hedge fund industry has provided individual and institutional investors with new investment vehicles and styles of management. It has also brought forward a new form of...

Options on Hedge Funds under the High Water Mark Rule (2006)

Atlan, Marc, Geman, Hélyette, Yor, Marc

The rapidly growing hedge fund industry has provided individual and institutional investors with new investment vehicles and styles of management. It has also brought forward a new form of...

CGMY and Meixner Subordinators are Absolutely Continuous with respect to One Sided Stable Subordinators. (2006)

Madan, Dilip, Yor, Marc

We describe the CGMY and Meixner processes as time changed Brownian motions. The CGMY uses a time change absolutely continuous with respect to the one-sided stable $(Y/2)$ subordinator while the...

CGMY and Meixner Subordinators are Absolutely Continuous with respect to One Sided Stable Subordinators. (2006)

Madan, Dilip, Yor, Marc

We describe the CGMY and Meixner processes as time changed Brownian motions. The CGMY uses a time change absolutely continuous with respect to the one-sided stable $(Y/2)$ subordinator while the...

CGMY and Meixner Subordinators are Absolutely Continuous with respect to One Sided Stable Subordinators. (2006)

Madan, Dilip, Yor, Marc

We describe the CGMY and Meixner processes as time changed Brownian motions. The CGMY uses a time change absolutely continuous with respect to the one-sided stable $(Y/2)$ subordinator while the...