On directional convolution equivalent densities

Abstract

We propose a definition of directional multivariate subexponential and convolution equivalent densities and find a useful characterization of these notions for a class of integrable and almost radial decreasing functions. We apply this result to show that the density of the absolutely continuous part of the compound Poisson measure built on a given density f is directionally convolution equivalent and inherits its asymptotic behaviour from f if and only if f is directionally convolution equivalent. We also extend this characterization to the densities of more general infinitely divisible distributions on ℝ d, d≥1, which are not pure compound Poisson.