Asymptotic comparison of the mixed moment and classical extreme value index estimators

A new promising extreme value index estimator, the mixed-moment (MM) estimator, has been recently introduced in the literature. This estimator uses not only the first moment of the top excesses of the log-observations in the sample, the basis of the classical Hill and moment estimators, but also the...

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Main Author: Gomes, M. Ivette (author)
Other Authors: Neves, Cláudia (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10773/6548
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/6548