We study sample path large deviations for Lévy processes and random walks with heavy-tailed jump-size distributions that are of Weibull type. The sharpness and applicability of these results are illustrated by a counterexample proving the nonexistence of a full LDP in the J1 topology, and by an application to a first passage problem.

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doi.org/10.1214/20-AAP1570
Annals of Applied Probability
Rare events: Asymptotics, Algorithms, Applications
Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica, Amsterdam (CWI), The Netherlands

Bazhba, M., Blanchet, J., Rhee, C.-H., & Zwart, B. (2020). Sample path large deviations for Lévy processes and random walks with Weibull increments. Annals of Applied Probability, 30(6), 2695–2739. doi:10.1214/20-AAP1570