Moment conditions and Bayesian nonparametrics
Abstract
Models phrased though moment conditions are central to much of modern inference. Here these moment conditions are embedded within a nonparametric Bayesian setup. Handling such a model is not probabilistically straightforward as the posterior has support on a manifold. We solve the relevant issues, building new probability and computational tools using Hausdorff measures to analyze them on real and simulated data. These new methods which involve simulating on a manifold can be applied widely, including providing Bayesian analysis of quasi-likelihoods, linear and nonlinear regression, missing data and hierarchical models.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- July 2015
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1507.08645
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1507.08645
- Bibcode:
- 2015arXiv150708645B
- Keywords:
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- Statistics - Methodology;
- Mathematics - Probability;
- Mathematics - Statistics Theory;
- Statistics - Applications;
- Statistics - Computation