Kendall's tau of further families of Nelsen's Table 4.1 #
Applications of Nelsen's Corollary 5.1.4, τ = 1 + 4 ∫₀¹ φ(t) / φ'(t) dt
(BivariateGenerator.kendallTau_eq_of_hasDerivAt), to the families of Nelsen, An Introduction
to Copulas, second edition, Table 4.1 whose Kendall integrand is elementary:
- family 4.2.1 (Clayton) on its negative range
−1 ≤ θ < 0:τ = θ / (θ + 2)(kendallTau_claytonNegative), completingkendallTau_claytonforθ > 0; - family 4.2.7,
0 < θ ≤ 1:τ = 2 − 2/θ − 2 (1 − θ)² log(1 − θ) / θ²(kendallTau_nelsen7;θ = 1is independence, with0 · log 0 = 0), andτ = −1atθ = 0(W); - family 4.2.8,
θ ≥ 1:τ = (θ − 4) / (3θ)(kendallTau_nelsen8); - family 4.2.15 (Genest–Ghoudi),
θ ≥ 1:τ = (2θ − 3) / (2θ − 1)(kendallTau_genestGhoudi); - family 4.2.18,
θ ≥ 2:τ = 1 − 4 / (3θ)(kendallTau_nelsen18).
The integrands are (t^{θ+1} − t)/θ (Clayton, θ < 0),
(θt + 1 − θ) log(θt + 1 − θ) / θ (#7), −(1 − t)(1 + (θ − 1)t)/θ (#8),
−(t^{1 − 1/θ} − t) (#15) and −(t − 1)²/θ (#18). All five generators except #1 with θ = −1
limits are non-strict; kendallTau_eq_of_hasDerivAt covers strict and non-strict generators alike.
The real extension of a generator at an interior point is its value there.
Clayton, negative parameters #
Nelsen, Table 4.1 / Section 5.1.1: Kendall's tau of the Clayton copula for −1 ≤ θ < 0 is
θ / (θ + 2).
Family 4.2.8 #
Nelsen, Table 4.1, family 8 (θ ≥ 1): τ = (θ − 4) / (3θ).
Family 4.2.18 #
Nelsen, Table 4.1, family 18 (θ ≥ 2): τ = 1 − 4 / (3θ).
Family 4.2.7 #
Family 7 at θ = 0 is W, with τ = −1.
Family 4.2.15 (Genest–Ghoudi) #
Nelsen, Table 4.1, family 15 (Genest–Ghoudi, θ ≥ 1): τ = (2θ − 3) / (2θ − 1).
Family 4.2.16 #
Nelsen, Table 4.1, family 16 (θ > 0):
τ = 4θ − 1 − 4θ log((1 + θ)/θ) + 4 (1 − θ) √θ arctan(1/√θ)
(at θ = 0 the family is W with τ = −1).