Vector copulas

This paper introduces vector copulas associated with multivariate distributions with given multivariate marginals, based on the theory of measure transportation, and establishes a vector version of Sklar's theorem. The latter provides a theoretical justification for the use of vector copulas to characterize nonlinear or rank dependence between a finite number of random vectors (robust to within vector dependence), and to construct multivariate distributions with any given non-overlapping multivariate marginals. We construct Elliptical and Kendall families of vector copulas, derive their densities, and present algorithms to generate data from them. The use of vector copulas is illustrated with a stylized analysis of international financial contagion.

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Work Title Vector copulas
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Creators
  1. Yanqin Fan
  2. Marc Henry
Keyword
  1. measure transportation
  2. vector ranks
  3. vector copulas
  4. elliptical vector copulas
  5. Kendall vector copulas
  6. financial contagion
License CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives)
Work Type Article
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  1. Journal of Econometrics
Publication Date March 15, 2023
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  1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2021.11.012
Deposited September 16, 2024

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    • measure transportation, vector ranks, vector copulas, elliptical vector copulas, Kendall vector copulas, financial contagion
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