Multivariate radial symmetry of copula functions: finite sample comparison in the i.i.d case

Abstract

Given a d-dimensional random vector X = (X1, . . ., Xd), if the standard uniform vector U obtained by the component-wise probability integral transform (PIT) of X has the same distribution of its point reflection through the center of the unit hypercube, then X is said to have copula radial symmetry. We generalize to higher dimensions the bivariate test introduced in [11], using three different possibilities for estimating copula derivatives under the null. In a comprehensive simulation study, we assess the finite-sample properties of the resulting tests, comparing them with the finite-sample performance of the multivariate competitors introduced in [17] and [1].

Keywords

• copula
• reflection symmetry
• radial symmetry
• empirical process
• 62g10
• 62g30
• 62h05
• 62h15