Bayesian Model Selection with an Uninformative Prior*

B-Tier
Journal: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics
Year: 2003
Volume: 65
Issue: s1
Pages: 863-876

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Bayesian model selection with posterior probabilities and no subjective prior information is generally not possible because of the Bayes factors being ill‐defined. Using careful consideration of the parameter of interest in cointegration analysis and a re‐specification of the triangular model of Phillips (Econometrica, Vol. 59, pp. 283–306, 1991), this paper presents an approach that allows for Bayesian comparison of models of cointegration with ‘ignorance’ priors. Using the concept of Stiefel and Grassman manifolds, diffuse priors are specified on the dimension and direction of the cointegrating space. The approach is illustrated using a simple term structure of the interest rates model.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:bla:obuest:v:65:y:2003:i:s1:p:863-876
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-29