Modified wavelet variation for the Hermite processes

Abstract

We define an asymptotically normal wavelet-based strongly consistent estimator for the Hurst parameter of any Hermite processes. This estimator is obtained by considering a modified wavelet variation in which coefficients are wisely chosen to be, up to negligeable remainders, independent. We use Stein-Malliavin calculus to prove that this wavelet variation satisfies a multidimensional Central Limit Theorem, with an explicit bound for the Wasserstein distance.