Local times for functions with finite variation: two versions of Stieltjes change of variables formula

Abstract

We introduce two natural notions for the occupation measure of a function $V$ with finite variation. The first yields a signed measure, and the second a positive measure. By comparing two versions of the change-of-variables formula, we show that both measures are absolutely continuous with respect to Lebesgue measure. Occupation densities can be thought of as local times of $V$, and are described by a Meyer-Tanaka like formula.