A discrete truncated Pareto distribution

Abstract We propose a new discrete distribution with finite support, which generalizes truncated Pareto and beta distributions as well as uniform and Benford’s laws. Although our focus is on basic properties and stochastic representations, we also consider parameter estimation and include an illustration from ecology showing potential applications of this new stochastic model.

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