Stochastic Integrals on Predictable Sets of Interval Type with Financial Applications

Abstract

In this paper, by extending the classic stochastic integrals, we investigate three kinds of more general stochastic integrals: Lebesgue-Stieltjes integrals on predictable sets of interval type (in short: PSITs), stochastic integrals on PSITs of predictable processes with respect to local martingales, and stochastic integrals on PSITs of predictable processes with respect to semimartingales. Such stochastic integrals on PSITs are defined only on restricted stochastic subsets, and their values outside the subsets do not matter. Our study reveals that a stochastic integral on a PSIT can be characterized by a coupled sequence of classic stochastic integrals. Furthermore, the It\^{o}'s formula for semimartingales on PSITs is developed for stochastic calculus, and stochastic integrals on PSITs can be applied to more general problems in mathematical finance.