We give a sufficient condition for i.i.d. random variables X1,X2 in order to have P{X1 -X2>x}∼P{ X1 >x}, as x→∞. A factorization property for subexponential distributions is used in the proof.

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Statistics & Probability Letters
Erasmus School of Economics

Geluk, J. (2004). Asymptotics in the symmetrization inequality. Statistics & Probability Letters, 69(1), 63–68. doi:10.1016/j.spl.2004.06.004