Characterizations of Some Distributions by Conditional Moments
Characterizations of Some Distributions by Conditional Moments
Let $X_1$ and $X_2$ be independent random variables (r.v.'s) and assume that $Y = X_1 + X_2$ has finite second moment. We assume that the mean and variance of $X_1$, conditional on fixed values $y$ of $Y$, satisfy the structural relations $(i) E(X_1 \mid Y = y) = \lambda_1y/\lambda\quad\text{and} (ii) …