Saturday, 11 July 2015

probability theory - Integrability of shifted random variable




Let (Ω,F,P) by a probability space, X:Ω[0,) a (non-negative, finite) random variable and F:[0,)[0,) a continuous function. Assume that



E[F(X)]<



I am wondering, if we can immediately draw the following conclusion:



E[F(X+a)]<



for all a[0,) (shift of the random variable).




The interesting case clearly is, if X is unbounded, i.e. for every M[0,) there exists a set AF with P(A)>0 and X(ω)>M for all ωA).



Thank you very much for your help!


Answer



In general no: let U be a random variable such that Ue almost surely, U is integrable but ULp for any p>1. Then define X=loglogU and F:xexp(exp(x)). Then F(X)=U and for any positive a, F(X+a)=Uea, which is not integrable.


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