Econometric Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam, P.O. Box 1738, NL-3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Abstract:
Let be a c.d.f. on such that is regularly varying with exponent . Then as , where is the renewal function associated with . Moreover similar estimates are given for distributions in the domain of attraction of the normal distribution and for the variance of The estimates improve earlier results of Teugels and Mohan.