Abstract
We introduce a new class of heavy-tailed distributions for which any weighted average of independent and identically distributed random variables is larger than one such random variable in (usual) stochastic order. We show that many commonly used extremely heavy-tailed (i.e., infinite-mean) distributions, such as the Pareto, Fréchet, and Burr distributions, belong to this class. The established stochastic dominance relation can be further generalized to allow negatively dependent or non-identically distributed random variables. In particular, the weighted average of non-identically distributed random variables dominates their distribution mixtures in stochastic order.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-14 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | ASTIN Bulletin: The Journal of the IAA |
| Early online date | 11 Jun 2025 |
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| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 11 Jun 2025 |
Keywords
- Heavy-tailed distributions
- stochastic order
- negative dependence
- infinite mean