Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1156179 Stochastic Processes and their Applications 2009 18 Pages PDF
Abstract

We consider a form of state-dependent drift condition for a general Markov chain, whereby the chain subsampled at some deterministic time satisfies a geometric Foster–Lyapunov condition. We present sufficient criteria for such a drift condition to exist, and use these to partially answer a question posed in Connor and Kendall (2007) [2] concerning the existence of so-called ‘tame’ Markov chains. Furthermore, we show that our ‘subsampled drift condition’ implies the existence of finite moments for the return time to a small set.

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