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Tail Probabilities of St. Petersburg Sums, Trimmed Sums, and Their Limit

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  • István Berkes

    (Graz University of Technology)

  • László Györfi

    (Budapest University of Technology and Economics)

  • Péter Kevei

    (Technische Universität München)

Abstract

We provide exact asymptotics for the tail probabilities $${\mathbb {P}}\{ S_{n,r} > x \}$$ P { S n , r > x } as $$x \rightarrow \infty $$ x → ∞ , for fixed n, where $$S_{n,r}$$ S n , r is the r-trimmed partial sum of i.i.d. St. Petersburg random variables. In particular, we prove that although the St. Petersburg distribution is only O-subexponential, the subexponential property almost holds. We also determine the exact tail behavior of the r-trimmed limits.

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  • István Berkes & László Györfi & Péter Kevei, 2017. "Tail Probabilities of St. Petersburg Sums, Trimmed Sums, and Their Limit," Journal of Theoretical Probability, Springer, vol. 30(3), pages 1104-1129, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jotpro:v:30:y:2017:i:3:d:10.1007_s10959-016-0677-5
    DOI: 10.1007/s10959-016-0677-5
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