Moment-based tail index estimation |
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Authors: | Tucker McElroy Dimitris N Politis |
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Institution: | 1. US Bureau of the Census, University of California, San Diego, USA;2. University of California, San Diego, USA |
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Abstract: | A general method of tail index estimation for heavy-tailed time series, based on examining the growth rate of the logged sample second moment of the data was proposed and studied in Meerschaert and Scheffler (1998. A simple robust estimator for the thickness of heavy tails. J. Statist. Plann. Inference 71, 19–34) as well as Politis (2002. A new approach on estimation of the tail index. C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 335, 279–282). To improve upon the basic estimator, we introduce a scale-invariant estimator that is computed over subsets of the whole data set. We show that the new estimator, under some stronger conditions on the data, has a polynomial rate of consistency for the tail index. Empirical studies explore how the new method compares with the Hill, Pickands, and DEdH estimators. |
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Keywords: | Heavy tails Domains of attraction Subsampling |
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