The asymptotic hazard rate of sums of discrete random variables

Joachim Arts, Geert-Jan van Houtum and Bert Zwart

Statistics & Probability Letters, 2017, vol. 125, issue C, 171-173

Abstract: We show that the asymptotic hazard rate of the sum of discrete random variables is dominated by the smallest asymptotic failure rate of the summands.

Keywords: Hazard rates; Tail asymptotics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2017.02.006

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