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Library: VaR
See also: TailCoeffEstimation TailCoeffEstimElliptical TailCoeffLookup

Quantlet: TailCoeffCopula
Description: calculates the lower and upper tail-dependence coefficients for various copulae.

Usage: {lTDC,uTDC}=TailCoeffCopula(copula, theta{, delta{, thetabar{, deltabar{, beta}}}}})
Input:
copula scalar, copula number for Copulae 1-34
theta scalar, copula parameter theta
delta optional scalar, copula parameter rho or delta
thetabar optional scalar, copula parameter thetabar
deltabar optional scalar, copula parameter deltabar
beta optional scalar, copula parameter beta
Output:
lTDC scalar, lower tail-dependence coefficient
uTDC scalar, upper tail-dependence coefficient

Example:
library("VaR")
{lTDC,uTDC}=TailCoeffCopula(24,2,0.4)
lTDC
uTDC

Result:
Contents of lTDC
[1,]  0.33926
Contents of uTDC
[1,]  0.33926



Author: R. Schmidt 20040401 license MD*Tech
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