Asymptotic properties of AD(1, n) model and its maximum likelihood estimator
The work deals with the problem of global parameter estimation of affine diffusions in R_+ × R^n denoted by AD(1, n) where n is a positive integer which is a subclass of affine diffusions introduced by Duffie et al. The AD(1, n) model can be applied to the pricing of bond and stock options, which is illustrated for the Vasicek, Cox-Ingersoll-Ross and Heston models. Our first result is about the classification of AD(1, n) processes according to the subcritical, critical and supercritical cases.