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‘The life of man, solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short’: Discussion of the paper by Rootzén and Zholud

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I thank Sonia Alouini, Holger Rootzén, John Einmahl and Sebastian Engelke for comments and Thomas Mikosch for the opportunity to contribute to this discussion. The work was supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation.

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Davison, A.C. ‘The life of man, solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short’: Discussion of the paper by Rootzén and Zholud. Extremes 21, 365–372 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10687-018-0329-5

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