Rank-based inference for bivariate extreme-value copulas

Genest, Christian;Segers, Johan
(2008) , 34 pages

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  • Genest, ChristianUniversité de Laval
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  • Segers, JohanUCLouvain
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Abstract
Consider a continuous random pair (X, Y ) whose dependence is characterized by an extreme-value copula with Pickands dependence function A. When the marginal distributions of X and Y are known, several consistent estimators of A are available. Most of them are variants of the estimators due to Pickands [Bull. Inst. Internat. Statist. 49 (1981) 859–878] and Cap´era`a, Foug`eres and Genest [Biometrika 84 (1997) 567–577]. In this paper, rank-based versions of these estimators are proposed for the more common case where the margins of X and Y are unknown. Results on the limit behavior of a class of weighted bivariate empirical processes are used to show the consistency and asymptotic normality of these rank-based estimators. Their finite- and large-sample performance is then compared to that of their known-margin analogues, as well as with endpoint-corrected versions thereof. Explicit formulas and consistent estimates for their asymptotic variances are also suggested
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Genest, C., & Segers, J. (2008). Rank-based inference for bivariate extreme-value copulas (STAT Discussion Paper 0718). https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/27765