Show that the found value is the MLE

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Let $ X_1, ... X_n$ i.i.d with pdf

$$f(x;\theta)=\frac{x+1}{\theta(\theta+1)}\exp(-x/\theta), x>0, \theta >0$$

It is asked to find the MLE estimator for $\theta.$

The likelihood function is given by

$$L(\theta;x)=[\theta(1-\theta)]^{-n}\exp\left(-\frac{\sum_i x_i}{\theta}\right)\prod_i (x_i+1)I_{(0,\infty)}(x_i)$$

Then, the derivative of log-likelihood will be

$$\frac{dlogL(\theta;x)}{d\theta}=\frac{-(2\theta+1)n}{\theta(1+\theta)} + \frac{\sum X_i}{\theta^2}$$

I've obtained my candidate to MLE. But, doing the second derivative of the log-likelihood, I could not conclude that it is negative so that the candidate is, indeed, the point of maximum. What should I do, in this case?

Thanks in advance!