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Copulas for finance

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  • Bouye, Eric
  • Durlleman, Valdo
  • Nikeghbali, Ashkan
  • Riboulet, Gaël
  • Roncalli, Thierry

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Copulas are a general tool to construct multivariate distributions and to investigate dependence structure between random variables. However, the concept of copula is not popular in Finance. In this paper, we show that copulas can be extensively used to solve many financial problems.

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  • Bouye, Eric & Durlleman, Valdo & Nikeghbali, Ashkan & Riboulet, Gaël & Roncalli, Thierry, 2000. "Copulas for finance," MPRA Paper 37359, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    Keywords

    Copula; multivariate distribution; dependence structure; concordance measures; scoring; Markov processes; risk management; extreme value theory; stress testing; operational risk; market risk; credit risk;
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    JEL classification:

    • C51 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Construction and Estimation
    • C46 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Specific Distributions
    • C01 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - General - - - Econometrics

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