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Censoring estimators of a positive tail index

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  • Gomes, M. Ivette
  • Oliveira, Orlando

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In this paper, and in the context of regularly varying tails, we analyse some variants of a maximum likelihood estimator of a positive tail index [gamma], under a type II censoring scheme. These estimators are compared with the Hill estimator, for a Fréchet model and by means of a Monte Carlo simulation. Asymptotic normality of the estimators is derived, and a robustness simulation study of the estimators is undertaken.

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  • Gomes, M. Ivette & Oliveira, Orlando, 2003. "Censoring estimators of a positive tail index," Statistics & Probability Letters, Elsevier, vol. 65(3), pages 147-159, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:stapro:v:65:y:2003:i:3:p:147-159
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