Let X be a one-dimensional strong Markov process with continuous sample paths. Using Volterra-Stieltjes integral equation techniques we investigateHölder continuity and differentiability of first passage time distributions of X with respect to continuous lower and upper moving boundaries. Under mild assumptions on the transition function of Xwe prove the existence of a continuous first passage time density to one-sided differentiable moving boundaries and derive a new integral equation for this density. We apply our results to Brownian motion and its nonrandom Markovian transforms, in particular to the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process.
