A shift-optimized Hill-type estimator

Details A shift-optimized Hill-type estimator A shift-optimized Hill-type estimator

2009-05-19

arxiv.org/abs/0905.3096v1

Physics

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability

5 pages, 7 figures

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A wide range of natural and social phenomena result in observables whose distributions can be well approximated by a power-law decay. The well-known Hill estimator of the tail exponent provides results which are in many respects superior to other estimators in case the asymptotics of the distribution is indeed a pure power-law, however,systematic errors occur if the distribution is altered by simply shifting it. We demonstrate some related problems which typically emerge when dealing with empirical data and suggest a procedure designed to extend the applicability of the Hill estimator.

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