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Nonparametric inference on multivariate versions of Blomqvist’s beta and related measures of tail dependence

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We consider nonparametric estimation of multivariate versions of Blomqvist’s beta, also known as the medial correlation coefficient. For a two-dimensional population, the sample version of Blomqvist’s beta describes the proportion of data which fall into the first or third quadrant of a two-way contingency table with cutting points being the sample medians. Asymptotic normality and strong consistency of the estimators are established by means of the empirical copula process, imposing weak conditions on the copula. Though the asymptotic variance takes a complicated form, we are able to derive explicit formulas for large families of copulas. For the copulas of elliptically contoured distributions we obtain a variance stabilizing transformation which is similar to Fisher’s z-transformation. This allows for an explicit construction of asymptotic confidence bands used for hypothesis testing and eases the analysis of asymptotic efficiency. The computational complexity of estimating Blomqvist’s beta corresponds to the sample size n, which is lower than the complexity of most competing dependence measures.

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    Friedrich Schmid & Rafael Schmidt

  2. Seminar für Wirtschafts- und Sozialstatistik, Universität zu Köln, Albertus-Magnus-Platz, 50923, Köln, Germany

    Rafael Schmidt

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Schmid, F., Schmidt, R. Nonparametric inference on multivariate versions of Blomqvist’s beta and related measures of tail dependence. Metrika 66, 323–354 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00184-006-0114-3

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