Integrability of translated convex random-walk rewards

ID: integrability-of-translated-convex-random-walk-rewards

Let be the sum of independent identically distributed real increments. For a finite convex function , integrability of and implies integrability of for every fixed . Its negative part is controlled by negative part of a finite convex function is Lipschitz. For , if the increment law is unbounded above, take an independent increment with . On this event convexity gives , so the expectation is bounded by . If increments are bounded above by , use and bound the positive part by . For , use the symmetric lower-tail argument. This supplies translated integrability without assuming integrable increments or a growth bound on .

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