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Heavy tails of discounted aggregate claims in the continuous-time renewal model

Qihe Tang

Source: J. Appl. Probab. Volume 44, Number 2 (2007), 285-294.

Abstract

We study the tail behavior of discounted aggregate claims in a continuous-time renewal model. For the case of Pareto-type claims, we establish a tail asymptotic formula, which holds uniformly in time.

Primary Subjects: 91B30
Secondary Subjects: 60G55, 60G70
Keywords: Asymptotics; extended regular variation; renewal process; uniformity

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