TITLE: Sufficient conditions for $\sum_{n \ge 1} a_n e^{-(a_1+\cdots+a_n) s} \sim \frac{1}{s}$ as $s \to 0^+$
QUESTION [5 upvotes]: Let $(a_n)_{n \ge 1}$ be a sequence of non-negative real numbers such that $\sum_{n \ge 1} a_n = \infty$, and set $\lambda_n := a_1 + \cdots + a_n$ for each $n$. Then the (generalized Dirichlet) series $\sum_{n \ge 1} a_n e^{-\lambda_n s}$ converges for all $s > 0$, as its abscissa of convergence is $0$ by the main result of Chapter II, Section 6 from:

G. H. Hardy and M. Riesz, The General Theory of Dirichlet's Series, Cambridge Univ. Press: Cambridge, 1915.

So my question is:

Q. What about sufficient conditions for having that $\sum_{n \ge 1} a_n e^{-\lambda_n s} \sim \frac{1}{s}$ as $s \to 0^+$? 

To be clear: I'm just looking for references. 
For the record: I'm especially, though not uniquely, interested in the case where $a_n = n^{\alpha}$ for all $n$, with $\alpha$ being a given exponent $\ge -1$.

REPLY [3 votes]: Set $\lambda_0:=0$. We have 
$$
s^{-1}=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} s^{-1}\left(e^{-\lambda_{n-1}s}-e^{-\lambda_n s}\right)=\sum e^{-\lambda_ns}\frac{e^{a_ns}-1}{s}\geqslant \sum a_ne^{-\lambda_ns}.
$$
On the other hand,
$$
s^{-1}=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} s^{-1}\left(e^{-\lambda_{n-1}s}-e^{-\lambda_n s}\right)=\sum e^{-\lambda_{n-1}s}\frac{1-e^{-a_ns}}{s}\leqslant \sum a_ne^{-\lambda_{n-1}s}=a_1+\sum a_{n+1}e^{-\lambda_ns}.
$$
Thus if $a_n\sim a_{n+1}$, we have desired relation $\sum a_ne^{-\lambda_ns}\sim s^{-1}$ for sure. Of course, this may be weakened.