The Optimal Discounting Parameter of the Power Prior under Predictive Log-Loss
The power prior of Ibrahim and Chen incorporates historical data into a Bayesian analysis by raising the historical likelihood to a power $a_0 \in [0, 1]$. The choice of the exponent has remained an open question. This paper gives a closed-form answer under the predictive log-loss. For a model with $d$ parameters, a hi...