Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Geluk, J.L. Author-Name-Last: Geluk Author-Name-First: Jaap Author-Name: Peng, L. Author-Name-Last: Peng Author-Name-First: Liang Title: Second order regular variation and the domain of attraction of stable distributions Abstract: We characterize second order regular variation of the tail sum of F together with a balance condition on the tails interms of the behaviour of the characteristic function near zero. Creation-Date: 1998-08-13 Series: RePEc:ems:eureir Number: EI 9826 Keywords: (generalised) second order regular variation, Domain of attraction Handle: RePEc:ems:eureir:1547