期刊名称：Sankhya. Series A, mathematical statistics and probability
印刷版ISSN：0976-836X
电子版ISSN：0976-8378
出版年度：2011
卷号：73
期号：02
页码：185--201
出版社：Indian Statistical Institute
摘要：There are various proposals for the selection of the so-called \objective" or \default"
priors in Bayesian analysis. The paper introduces a new criterion, the moment match-
ing criterion, which requires the matching of the posterior mean with the maximum
likelihood estimator up to a high order of approximation.
A complete characterization of such priors in the one or multi-parameter case is
provided. In the process, many new priors are derived. One interesting nding is
that even in the absence of nuisance parameters, it is possible to nd priors di
erent
from Je
reys' prior for a real valued parameter based on our criterion.
