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In Beirlant et al. (1999) and Feuerverger and Hall (1999) an exponential regression model (ERM) was introduced on the basis of scaled log-spacings between subsequent extreme order statistics from a Pareto-type distribution. This lead to the construction of new bias-corrected estimators for the tail index. In this note, under quite general conditions, asymptotic justification for this regression model is given as well as for resulting tail index estimators. Also, we discuss diagnostic methods for adaptive selection of the threshold when using the Hill (1975) estimator which follow from the ERM approach. We show how the diagnostic presented in Guillou and Hall (2001) is linked to the ERM, while a new proposal is suggested. We also provide some small sample comparisons with other existing methods.
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Beirlant, J., Dierckx, G., Guillou, A. et al. On Exponential Representations of Log-Spacings of Extreme Order Statistics. Extremes 5, 157–180 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022171205129
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