Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1156068 Stochastic Processes and their Applications 2010 16 Pages PDF
Abstract

Let SnSn be a centered random walk with a finite variance, and consider the sequence An:=∑i=1nSi, which we call an integrated random walk. We are interested in the asymptotics of pN≔P{min1≤k≤NAk≥0} as N→∞N→∞. Sinai (1992) [15] proved that pN≍N−1/4pN≍N−1/4 if SnSn is a simple random walk. We show that pN≍N−1/4pN≍N−1/4 for some other kinds of random walks that include double-sided exponential and double-sided geometric walks, both not necessarily symmetric. We also prove that pN≤cN−1/4pN≤cN−1/4 for integer-valued walks and upper exponential walks, which are the walks such that Law(S1|S1>0)Law(S1|S1>0) is an exponential distribution.

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