Construction of a bivariate copula by Rüschendorf’s method

Year 2021, Volume: 42 Issue: 1, 201 - 208, 29.03.2021

Mehmet Yılmaz Muhammet Bekçı

https://doi.org/10.17776/csj.753556

Abstract

In this paper, a new copula model with given unit marginals is proposed, based on Rüschendorf’s Method. A new bivariate copula family is introduced by adding a proper term to independence copula. Thus, we avoid the complexity of the proposed copula model. By choosing a baseline copula from the same marginal, we derive a new copula that can approach from above towards the independence copula. Furthermore, it is established that a bivariate copula constructed by this method allows some flexibility in the dependence measure according to Spearman’s correlation coefficient. Additionally, tail dependence measures are investigated. Illustrative examples are given taking into account the specific choices of a baseline copula.

Keywords

Dependence, Rüschendorf’s method, Bivariate copula, Fréchet bounds, Spearman’s rho

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