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Perhaps this type of question is not very suitable for this forum, but I'll try to make my question a little useful.

I'm studying stochastic processes, more precisely, Levy processes. A Levy process $X=(X_t)_{t\geq 0}$ is characterized by its characteristic function given by: $$\log \varphi_{X_t}(u)= t\left(ib'u+ \frac{u'a u}{2} + \int_{\mathbb R^d - \{0\}} \left[ e^{i u'x} - 1 - i u'x \mathbf{1}_{(|x|\leq 1)} \right] \nu(dx)\right)$$ More precisely, the whole process is characterized by the triple $(a,b, \nu)$.

A good but extremely technical book is Lévy Processes and Stochastic Calculus. However, I am interested in estimating the triple $(a,b, \nu)$. Note that the drift $b\in\mathbb R^d$ and the matrix $a$ are finite dimensional parameters and, consequently, could be estimated with parametric techniques. On the other hand, the Levy measure $\nu$ might require non-parametric techniques.

So I'm looking for bibliographical references that help me in the computational part and implementation of the estimation of $(a,b, \nu)$.

The first chapter of book Lévy Matters IV looks like a good book to me, but it's the only decent reference I've found. Also, maybe it's not as suitable for someone who doesn't have a lot of experience in the subject. So I would like to have suggestions for books with a more practical approach and, perhaps, using some language (R, python or some other).

Can you help me?

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    $\begingroup$ This question has a decent number of resources listed. $\endgroup$ Commented Jul 17, 2023 at 8:42
  • $\begingroup$ Wow, the list is interesting and comprehensive. Thank you for sharing. If you have any specific recommendations on how to estimate (preferably using a programming language) the Levy measure $\nu$, please feel free to suggest one. Thank you. $\endgroup$ Commented Jul 17, 2023 at 9:02
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    $\begingroup$ I think you should start from estimating a more specific Levy process like GBM or Poisson process. It's likely hard to estimate a process at that level of generality. $\endgroup$ Commented Jul 18, 2023 at 6:44
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    $\begingroup$ This is related: quant.stackexchange.com/questions/59040/…. $\endgroup$ Commented Jul 18, 2023 at 7:00

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