LAN theorem for non-Gaussian locally stationary processes and its applications

For a class of locally stationary processes introduced by Dahlhaus, we derive the LAN theorem under non-Gaussianity and apply the results to asymptotically optimal estimation and testing problems. For a class F of statistics which includes important statistics, we derive the asymptotic distributions of statistics in F under contiguous alternatives of unknown parameter. Because the asymptotics depend on the non-Gaussianity of the process, we discuss the non-Gaussian robustness. An interesting feature of effect of non-Gaussianity is elucidated in terms of LAN. Furthermore, the LAN theorem is applied to adaptive estimation when the innovation density is unknown.