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Sibirsk. Mat. Zh., 2009 Volume 50, Number 4, Pages 836–840 (Mi smj2005)

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An analog of Wald's identity for random walks with infinite mean

D. A. Korshunov

Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Abstract: We deduce an analog of the classical Wald's identity $\mathbf ES_\tau=\mathbf E\tau\mathbf E\xi$ in the case of the infinite mean of summands. We find the conditions on $\tau$ under which $\mathbf E\min(S_\tau,x)\sim\mathbf E\tau\mathbf E\min(\xi,x)$ as $x\to\infty$.

Keywords: sums of random variables, stopping time, independence on the future, Wald's identity.

UDC: 519.21

Received: 18.04.2008


 English version:
Siberian Mathematical Journal, 2009, 50:4, 663–666

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