A name for this distributional condition?

I have come across a needed condition on a continuous probability distribution defined over $[0, \infty]$ and wonder whether it has a name. For a distribution with CDF $F$ and pdf $f$ I need that the quantity: $$\phi(x) \equiv \frac{f(x)}{F(x)+xf(x)}$$ be monotonically non-increasing. Putting the condition in another form (by taking derivatives), the requirement is that for all $x \in [0,\infty]$ such that $f'(x) > 0$: $$f(x) \geq \sqrt{\frac{F(x) f'(x)}{2}}$$

This seems to be a commonly satisfied property, so does it have a name? It is related to, but distinct from a monotone hazard rate condition.

flag	asked Dec 19 2011 at 22:19 Thomas Darling 1

	You might consider posting this at stats.stackexchange.com, where more statistically-minded folks congregate. If you do, it is considered courteous to add a comment linking the two posts. – BR Dec 20 2011 at 3:27
	don't know if this has a name but you can write it as a simple condition on the logs of density and cumulative: $2 [\log F(x)]' \geq [\log f(x)]'$ – Or Zuk Dec 29 2011 at 23:43

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