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On the exact asymptotic behaviour of the distribution of ladder epochs

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Let T+ denote the first increasing ladder epoch in a random walk with a typical step-length X. It is known that for a large class of random walks with E(X)=0,E(X2)=[infinity], and the right-hand tail of the distribution function of X asymptotically larger than the left-hand tail, PT+[greater-or-equal, slanted]n~n1/[beta]-1L+(n) as n-->[infinity], with 1 +[infinity], with L slowly varying. In this paper it is shown how the asymptotic behaviour of L determines the asymptotic behaviour of L+ and vice versa. As a by-product, it follows that a certain class of random walks which are in the domain of attraction of one-sided stable laws is such that the down-going ladder height distribution has finite mean.

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  • Doney, R. A., 1982. "On the exact asymptotic behaviour of the distribution of ladder epochs," Stochastic Processes and their Applications, Elsevier, vol. 12(2), pages 203-214, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:spapps:v:12:y:1982:i:2:p:203-214
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    1. Uchiyama, Kôhei, 2011. "A note on summability of ladder heights and the distributions of ladder epochs for random walks," Stochastic Processes and their Applications, Elsevier, vol. 121(9), pages 1938-1961, September.

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