Improper and proper posteriors with improper priors in a hierarchical model with a beta-binomial likelihood

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1905-1914

  Hadjicostas, Petros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Bayes' theorem; Convergence of integrals; Multiple improper integrals

Indexed keywords

EID: 26844495408     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610929808832198     Document Type: Article

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