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On the Asymptotic Distribution of Sums of Independent Nonidentically Distributed Pareto Variates
Published
Author(s)
Robert C. Hagwood
Abstract
The sum of independent Pareto random variables with varying parameters are shown to converge to a stable distribution. This extends a result of Blum for i.i.d. Pareto random variables.
Citation
SIAM Journal of Applied Mathematics
Pub Type
Journals
Citation
Hagwood, R.
(2002),
On the Asymptotic Distribution of Sums of Independent Nonidentically Distributed Pareto Variates, SIAM Journal of Applied Mathematics
(Accessed October 15, 2025)