Black swans or dragon kings? A simple test for deviations from the power law

We develop a simple test for deviations from power law tails, which is based on the asymptotic properties of the empirical distribution function. We use this test to answer the question whether great natural disasters, financial crashes or electricity price spikes should be classified as dragon kings or 'only' as black swans.

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Year of publication:	2011-02
Authors:	Janczura, Joanna ; Weron, Rafal
Institutions:	Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Subject:	dragon king \| black swan \| outlier \| power law

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	MPRA Paper.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Classification:	C12 - Hypothesis Testing ; q47 ; G32 - Financing Policy; Capital and Ownership Structure
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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