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Using Meta-Analysis Results in Bayesian Updating: The Empty-Cell Problem

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Vanhonacker, Wilfried R
Price, Lydia J
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Bayesian estimation incorporating prior information has been a popular approach to gaining estimation efficiency. Although prior information can take a variety of forms, generalizations derived from meta-analyses have been suggested as being useful. This article shows that these priors can be problematic in light of the many empty cells observed in meta-analysis designs. Design reduction, which gives rise to an unbiased prior, is found to be the preferred solution.

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Article provided by American Statistical Association in its journal Journal of Business and Economic Statistics.

Volume (Year): 10 (1992)
Issue (Month): 4 (October)
Pages: 427-35
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Handle: RePEc:bes:jnlbes:v:10:y:1992:i:4:p:427-35

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  1. Raymond J.G.M. Florax & Henri L.F. de Groot & Ruud A. de Mooij, 2002. "Meta-analysis: A Tool for Upgrading Inputs of Macroeconomic Policy Models," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 02-041/3, Tinbergen Institute. [Downloadable!]
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