Extreme Behavior of Bivariate Elliptical Distributions

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Alexandru Vali Asimit

City University London - The Business School

Bruce L. Jones

University of Western Ontario - Department of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences

Date Written: May 1, 2006

Abstract

This paper exploits a stochastic representation of bivariate elliptical distributions in order to obtain asymptotic results which are determined by the tail behavior of the generator. Under certain specified assumptions, we present the limiting distribution of component-wise maxima, the limiting upper copula, and a bi-variate version of the classical peaks over threshold result.

Keywords: component-wise maxima, elliptical distribution, Pickands' representation, regular variation, threshold exceedances

JEL Classification: C10, C60

Suggested Citation

Asimit, Alexandru Vali and Jones, Bruce L., Extreme Behavior of Bivariate Elliptical Distributions (May 1, 2006). Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Vol. 41, No. 1, 2007, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2323545

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