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In comparison with a standard gaussian random variable, does a distribution with heavy tails have higher kurtosis?
Under a standard gaussian distribution (mean 0 and variance 1), the kurtosis is $3$. Compared to a heavy tail distribution, is the kurtosis normally larger or smaller?
