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Modelling Dependence with Copulas - IFOR

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4 Techniques for Construction of Multivariate <strong>Copulas</strong><br />

and<br />

Ψ(v 2 ) − Ψ(v 1 )<br />

v 2 − v 1<br />

≥<br />

1<br />

u 2 + u 1 − 1<br />

if u 1 + u 2 < 1.<br />

But inf{1/(u 1 + u 2 − 1)|0 ≤ u 1 ≤ u 2 ≤ 1,u 1 + u 2 > 1} =1and<br />

sup{1/(u 1 +u 2 −1)|0 ≤ u 1 ≤ u 2 ≤ 1,u 1 +u 2 < 1} = −1, and hence C is 2-increasing<br />

if and only if<br />

−1 ≤ Ψ(v 2) − Ψ(v 1 )<br />

≤ 1<br />

v 2 − v 1<br />

for v 1 ,v 2 in I such that v 1

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