Large deviation probabilities for sums of censored random variables with regularly varying distribution tails
Abstract
Let be a sequence of independent and identically distributed random variables with zero mean, finite second moment and regularly varying right distribution tail. Motivated by a stop-loss insurance model, we consider a threshold sequence and establish the asymptotics of the probabilities of the large deviations of the form in the whole spectrum of -values in the region The asymptotic representations for these probabilities obey the "multiple large jumps principle" and have different forms in the vicinities of the multiples of the censoring threshold values, on the one hand, and inside intervals of the form on the other. We show that there is a "smooth transition" of these representations from one to the other when the deviation increases to a multiple of , "crosses" it and then moves away from it.
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@article{arxiv.2506.03727,
title = {Large deviation probabilities for sums of censored random variables with regularly varying distribution tails},
author = {Aaron Chong and Konstantin Borovkov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.03727},
year = {2025}
}
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18 pages, 2 figures