Robustifying Empirical Bayes

Authors: Roger Koenker, Jiaying Gu

Year: 2026

stat.MEecon.EM

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Abstract

Two strategies are explored for robustifying classical denoising procedures for the
Gaussian sequence model. First, the Hodges and Lehmann (1952)
restricted Bayes approach is used to reduce sensitivity to the specification
of the initial prior distribution. Second, alternatives to the Gaussian
noise assumption are explored. In both cases proposals of Huber (1964)
and Mallows (1978) play a crucial role.

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