John W. Pratt
John Winsor Pratt (* 11. September 1931 ) is a US -American statisticians and Emeritus Professor of Business Administration of Harvard University . He has made important contributions to risk theory and in particular to utility theory.
In 1988 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
Publications
- Risk aversion in the small and in the large. In: Econometrica , Vol. 32 (1964), No. 1-2, pp. 122-136, ISSN 0012-9682
See also
Web links
- Literature by and about John W. Pratt in the catalog of the German National Library
- biography
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pratt, John W. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pratt, John Winsor (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American statistician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 11, 1931 |