Posterior mean identifies the prior distribution in nb and related models

H. Papageorgiou and Jacek Wesolowski

Statistics & Probability Letters, 1997, vol. 36, issue 2, 127-134

Abstract: Bayes negative binomial models under two different parameterizations are shown to be completely identifiable by the form of the Bayes estimates of the parameter. Also power series mixtures are briefly treated.

Keywords: Conditional; specifications; Regression; function; Posterior; mean; Identifiability; of; mixtures; Negative; binomial; mixtures; Power; series; mixtures (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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