Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 July 2016
We discuss the limit behavior of the partial sums process of stationary solutions to the (autoregressive) AR(1) equation Xt = atXt−1 + εt with random (renewal-reward) coefficient, at, taking independent, identically distributed values Aj ∈ [0,1] on consecutive intervals of a stationary renewal process with heavy-tailed interrenewal distribution, and independent, identically distributed innovations, εt, belonging to the domain of attraction of an α-stable law (0 < α ≤ 2, α ≠ 1). Under suitable conditions on the tail parameter of the interrenewal distribution and the singularity parameter of the distribution of Aj near the unit root a = 1, we show that the partial sums process of Xt converges to a λ-stable Lévy process with index λ < α. The paper extends the result of Leipus and Surgailis (2003) from the case of finite-variance Xt to that of infinite-variance Xt.
Supported by bilateral Lithuania-France research project Gilibert and the Lithuanian State Science and Studies Foundation grant T-10/06.