On the behaviour of Bayesian credible intervals in partially identified models

Electronic Journal of Statistics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages 2107-2124

  Gustafson, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Credible interval; Partial identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875396858     PISSN: 19357524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/12-EJS741     Document Type: Article

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