Testing Symmetry for Bivariate Copulas using Bernstein Polynomials

Abstract: In this work, tests of symmetry for bivariate copulas are introduced and studied using empirical Bernstein copula process. Three statistics are proposed and their asymptotic properties are established. Besides, a multiplier bootstrap Bernstein version is investigated for implementation purpose. The simulation study demonstrated the superior performance of the Bernstein tests compared to tests based on empirical copulas. Furthermore, in real data applications, these tests consistently yielded similar conclusions across a diverse range of scenarios.