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The Asymptotic Distribution of Randomly Weighted Sums and Self-normalized Sums

Probability 2012-06-20 v1

Abstract

We consider the self-normalized sums Tn=i=1nXiYi/i=1nYiT_{n}=\sum_{i=1}^{n}X_{i}Y_{i}/\sum_{i=1}^{n}Y_{i}, where Yi:i1{Y_{i} : i\geq 1} are non-negative i.i.d. random variables, and Xi:i1{X_{i} : i\geq 1} are i.i.d. random variables, independent of Yi:i1{Y_{i} : i \geq 1}. The main result of the paper is that each subsequential limit law of T_niscontinuousforanynondegenerate is continuous for any non-degenerate X_1withfiniteexpectation,ifandonlyif with finite expectation, if and only if Y_1$ is in the centered Feller class.

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@article{arxiv.1206.4085,
  title  = {The Asymptotic Distribution of Randomly Weighted Sums and Self-normalized Sums},
  author = {Peter Kevei and David M. Mason},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1206.4085},
  year   = {2012}
}