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Table 2 Selected copula models and their features. B is the beta function

From: Relationships among return and liquidity of cryptocurrencies

Symbol

Elliptical

Parameter range

Kendall’s \({\uptau }\)

Tail dependence

E1

Gaussian

\(\theta \in \left( { - 1, 1} \right)\)

\(\frac{2}{\pi }arc\sin \theta\)

0

E2

Student’s T

\(\theta \in \left( { - 1, 1} \right), \nu > 2\)

\(\frac{2}{\pi }arc\sin \theta\)

\(2t_{\nu + 1} \left( { - \sqrt {\nu + 1} \sqrt {\frac{1 - \theta }{{1 + \theta }}} } \right)\)

Symbol

Archimedean

Generator function \(\Psi\)

Parameter range

Kendall’s \({\uptau }\)

Tail dependence (lower, upper)

A1

Independence

\(- \log t\)

\({\text{NA}}\)

\({\text{NA}}\)

\({\text{NA}}\)

A2

Clayton

\(\frac{1}{\theta }\left( {t^{ - \theta } - 1} \right)\)

\({\uptheta } > 0\)

\(\frac{\theta }{\theta + 2}\)

\(\left( {2^{{ - \frac{1}{\theta }}} ,{ }0} \right)\)

A3

Gumbel

\(( - \log t)^{\theta }\)

\({\uptheta } \ge 1\)

\(1 - \frac{1}{\theta }\)

\(\left( {0, 2 - 2^{{\frac{1}{\theta }}} } \right)\)

A4

Frank

\(- {\text{log}}\left( {\frac{{\exp \left( { - \theta t} \right) - 1}}{{\exp \left( { - \theta } \right) - 1}}} \right)\)

\({\uptheta } \in {\text{R}}\)

\(1 - \frac{{4\left[ {1 - D_{1} \left( \theta \right)} \right]}}{\theta },D_{1} \left( \theta \right) = \frac{1}{\theta }\int_{0}^{\theta } {\frac{t}{{e^{t} - 1}}dt}\)

\(\left( {0,0} \right)\)

A5

Joe

\(- {\text{log}}\left( {1 - \left( {1 - t} \right)^{\theta } } \right)\)

\({\uptheta } \ge 1\)

\(1 + \frac{4}{{\theta^{2} }}\int_{0}^{1} {t\log \left( t \right)\left( {1 - t} \right)\frac{{2\left( {t - \theta } \right)}}{\theta }dt}\)

\(\left( {0,{ }2 - 2^{{\frac{1}{\theta }}} } \right)\)

A6

BB1

\((t^{ - \theta } - 1)^{\delta }\)

\({\uptheta } > 0,{\updelta } \ge 1\)

\(1 - \frac{2}{{\delta \left( {\theta + 2} \right)}}\)

\(\left( {2^{{ - 1/\left( {\theta \delta } \right)}} ,2 - 2^{1/\delta } } \right)\)

A7

BB6

\(\left( { - \log \left[ {1 - \left( {1 - t} \right)^{\theta } } \right]} \right)^{\delta }\)

\({\uptheta } \ge 1,{\updelta } \ge 1\)

\(1 + 4\int_{0}^{1} {\left[ { - \log \left( {1 - t^{\theta } } \right)\frac{{t - t^{1 - \theta } }}{\theta \delta }} \right]dt}\)

\((0,2 - 2^{{1/\left( {\theta \delta } \right)}}\)

A8

BB7

\([1 - \left( {1 - t} \right)^{\theta } ]^{ - \delta } - 1\)

\({\uptheta } \ge 1,{\updelta } > 0\)

\(1 - \frac{2}{{\delta \left( {2 - \theta } \right)}} + \frac{4}{{\theta^{2} \delta }}B\left( {\frac{2 - \theta }{\theta },\delta + 2} \right)\)

\(2^{ - 1/\delta } ,2 - 2^{1/\theta }\)

A9

BB8

\(- {\text{log}}\left[ {\frac{{1 - \left( {1 - \delta t} \right)^{\theta } }}{{1 - \left( {1 - \delta } \right)^{\theta } }}} \right]\)

\({\uptheta } \ge 1,0 < {\updelta } \le 1\)

\(1 + 4\int_{1 - \delta }^{1} {\left[ {\log \left( {\frac{{\left( {1 - \delta } \right)^{\theta } - 1}}{{t^{\theta } - 1}}} \right)\frac{{t - t^{1 - \theta } }}{{\theta \delta^{2} }}} \right]dt}\)

(0,0)