Estimation of the upper cutoff parameter for the tapered Pareto distribution. Kagan, Y. Y. & Schoenberg, F. P. Journal of Applied Probability, December, 2001.
Estimation of the upper cutoff parameter for the tapered Pareto distribution [link]Paper  abstract   bibtex   
The tapered (or generalized) Pareto distribution, also called the modified Gutenberg--Richter law, has been used to model the sizes of earthquakes. Unfortunately, maximum likelihood estimates of the cutoff parameter are substantially biased. Alternative estimates for the cutoff parameter are presented, and their properties discussed.
@article{kagan_estimation_2001,
	title = {Estimation of the upper cutoff parameter for the tapered {Pareto} distribution},
	volume = {38A},
	url = {http://escholarship.org/uc/item/4d7477sq},
	abstract = {The tapered (or generalized) Pareto distribution, also called the modified Gutenberg--Richter law, has been used to model the sizes of earthquakes. Unfortunately, maximum likelihood estimates of the cutoff parameter are substantially biased. Alternative estimates for the cutoff parameter are presented, and their properties discussed.},
	urldate = {2015-10-14TZ},
	journal = {Journal of Applied Probability},
	author = {Kagan, Yan Y. and Schoenberg, Frederick P.},
	month = dec,
	year = {2001}
}

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