The method of moments ratio estimator for the tail shape parameter

DOI10.1080/03610929608831727zbMATH Open0875.62106OpenAlexW2130560155MaRDI QIDQ4337152FDOQ4337152

J. Danielsson, Dennis W. Jansen, Casper G. de Vries

Publication date: 19 May 1997

Published in: Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://repub.eur.nl/pub/12408

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zbMATH Keywords

biasmethod of momentsHill estimator

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Point estimation (62F10)

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• Best attainable rates of convergence for estimates of parameters of regular variation

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