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Jump regression revisited

Abstract

Regression analysis for stochastic processes has been an important topic over the last decades. Typically, regressing a dependent process $Y$ on an explanatory $Z$ results in an integral relationship of the form $dY_t = β_t dZ_t + dX_t$ with some residual process $X$, and often with constant or piecewise constant $β$. In the case of jump processes such a relationship essentially boils down to $ΔY_t = βΔZ_t + ΔX_t$ on the level of the jumps. Here the residual process $X$ is such that it never jumps together with $Z$, and so any jump in $Y$ is either exactly proportional to $Z$ or purely idiosyncratic. In this paper we discuss a related setup which appears more realistic and is closer to classical regression, namely $ΔY_t = (β+ η_t) ΔZ_t$ for i.i.d. $(η_t)_{t \ge 0}$. We propose an estimator for $β$ based on high-frequency observations of $(Y,Z)$ and discuss consistency and associated central limit theorems in two different asymptotic regimes.

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Mathias Vetter, Fan Yu. 2026-09-30. Jump regression revisited. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.39061

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