Directional Dependence of Extreme Events

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Autori principali: Garcin, Matthieu, Nicolas, Maxime L. D.
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author Garcin, Matthieu
Nicolas, Maxime L. D.
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Nicolas, Maxime L. D.
contents This paper introduces a novel measure to quantify the directional dependence of extreme events between two variables. The proposed approach is designed to capture asymmetric tail dependence by studying conditional tail expectations of rank-transformed variables, thereby quantifying the behavior of one variable when the other takes extreme values. We investigate the theoretical asymptotic behavior of the associated estimator. The effectiveness of the approach is demonstrated through an extensive simulation study. In addition, we discuss the use of the proposed coefficient for the detection of causal effects in extreme events. Finally, we apply the method to an oceanographic dataset, where the results highlight the strong asymmetric nature of extreme events and identify the dominant directions of extremal influence among key oceanographic variables. As a directional measure of tail dependence, our approach provides a natural tool for exploring causal-effect relationships in extreme-value settings.
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spellingShingle Directional Dependence of Extreme Events
Garcin, Matthieu
Nicolas, Maxime L. D.
Methodology
Applications
This paper introduces a novel measure to quantify the directional dependence of extreme events between two variables. The proposed approach is designed to capture asymmetric tail dependence by studying conditional tail expectations of rank-transformed variables, thereby quantifying the behavior of one variable when the other takes extreme values. We investigate the theoretical asymptotic behavior of the associated estimator. The effectiveness of the approach is demonstrated through an extensive simulation study. In addition, we discuss the use of the proposed coefficient for the detection of causal effects in extreme events. Finally, we apply the method to an oceanographic dataset, where the results highlight the strong asymmetric nature of extreme events and identify the dominant directions of extremal influence among key oceanographic variables. As a directional measure of tail dependence, our approach provides a natural tool for exploring causal-effect relationships in extreme-value settings.
title Directional Dependence of Extreme Events
topic Methodology
Applications
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.03215