Accepted Manuscript Maximum likelihood estimator of the scale parameter for the Riesz distribution Kaouthar Kammoun, Mahdi Louati, Afif Masmoudi PII: S0167-7152(17)30087-1 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.spl.2017.02.031 Reference: STAPRO 7872 To appear in: Statistics and Probability Letters Received date : 21 October 2016 Revised date : 18 February 2017 Accepted date : 21 February 2017 Please cite this article as: Kammoun, K., et al., Maximum likelihood estimator of the scale parameter for the Riesz distribution. Statistics and Probability Letters (2017), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.spl.2017.02.031 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.