On the ABLUE of the scale parameter of the generalized Pareto distribution

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Smiley W. Cheng
C. H. Chou

Abstract

We study the asymptotic best linear unbiased estimation of the scale parameter of the generalized Pareto distribution (GPD) with the probability density function (p.d.f.)
$$ f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{ll} \sigma^{-1}(1-rx/\sigma)^{1/r-1},~~&r\not=0 \\ \sigma^{-1}\exp(-x/\sigma),~~&r=0. \end{array}\right.$$
In Cheng and Chou (2000), the best linear unbiased estimation of the scale parameter was discussed for finite samples. We study the large sample size cases here. Results of some chosen cases are tabulated.

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Cheng, S. W., & Chou, C. H. (2000). On the ABLUE of the scale parameter of the generalized Pareto distribution. Tamkang Journal of Mathematics, 31(4), 317–330. https://doi.org/10.5556/j.tkjm.31.2000.390
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Smiley W. Cheng

Department of Statistics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2 Canada.

C. H. Chou

Cathay Assurance Company, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.