Minimum-Variance Reduced-Bias Tail Index and High Quantile Estimation

Heavy tailed-models are quite useful in many fields, like insurance, finance, telecommunications, internet traffic, among others, and it is often necessary to estimate a high quantile, i.e., a value that is exceeded with a probability p, small. The semiparametric estimation of this parameter relies...

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Main Authors: Frederico Caeiro, M. Ivette Gomes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Estatística | Statistics Portugal 2008-03-01
Series:Revstat Statistical Journal
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Online Access:https://revstat.ine.pt/index.php/REVSTAT/article/view/54