PROPERTIES OF SELECTED SIGNIFICANCE TESTS FOR EXTREME VALUE INDEX

The paper presents two tests verifying the hypothesis about the shape parameter of the generalized distribution of maximum statistic. It is called the extreme value index. The inverse of the positive index is called  the tail index and determines the degree of fatness of the tail. The asymptotic pro...

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Main Author: Dorota Pekasiewicz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Lodz University Press 2014-11-01
Series:Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Oeconomica
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Online Access:https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/foe/article/view/50