Gamma prior for an inverse-gamma scale
ID: gamma-prior-for-an-inverse-gamma-scale
For inverse-gamma distribution observations of known shape and scale , their likelihood function in is proportional to . A shape-, rate- gamma distribution conjugate prior therefore gives the displayed Bayesian posterior. The Bayes estimator under squared error loss of the conditional claim expected value is . It depends on reciprocals, rather than the sample mean of the claims.
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