A characteristic property of the exponential distribution

Kenneth S. Kaminsky

Statistics & Probability Letters, 1982, vol. 1, issue 1, 31-32

Abstract: The following characterization of the exponential distribution is given: Under suitable conditions on the random variables X and Y, X is exponentially distributed if and only if E[min{X, Y}]=E(X)P(X

Keywords: Exponential; distribution; characterization; Makeham's; law; Gompertz's; law (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1982
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