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Pareto tail index for wealth above a threshold

Net worths above a known floor xmx_m are modeled as Pareto with unknown index α\alpha, density f(xα)=αxmαxα+1f(x \mid \alpha) = \dfrac{\alpha x_m^{\alpha}}{x^{\alpha+1}} for xxmx \ge x_m. A survey of n=80n = 80 individuals has iln(xi/xm)=32\sum_i \ln(x_i / x_m) = 32.

What is the maximum likelihood estimate of α\alpha?

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