Let f be the pdf of a non-negative random variable X with finite moments of all orders, i.e. E[Xn]<+∞ for all n∈N. May I interchange the limit with the integral and infer that lim
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To elaborate on @Did's comments, by a change of variables we see that
\mathbb E[(X-w)^+] = \int_0^\infty (x-w)^+f(x)\mathsf dx = \int_0^\infty xf(x+w)\mathsf dx.
Since X\geqslant0, 0\leqslant(X-w)^+\leqslant X for all w\geqslant 0, and as X\in\mathcal L^1, by dominated convergence we have that
\lim_{w\to\infty}\mathbb E[(X-w)^+] = \mathbb E\left[\lim_{w\to\infty}(X-w)^+\right].
Since \mathbb E[X]<\infty, for any \omega, we may choose w such that w>X(\omega), and hence \lim_{w\to\infty}(X-w)^+=0.
It follows that
\lim_{w\to\infty}\int_0^\infty xf(x+w)\mathsf dx = \mathbb E\left[\lim_{w\to\infty}(X-w)^+\right] = 0.
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