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John W. Pratt

b. 1931

American business academic; PhD Stanford 1956

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About John W. Pratt

Born 1931. John W. Pratt is an American mathematician, university teacher and statistician.

John Winsor Pratt (born 1931) is the William Ziegler Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, at Harvard University. His former education was conducted at Princeton University and Stanford University, where he specialized in mathematics and statistics. Pratt spent most of his academic career at Harvard University. He was an editor of the Journal of the American Statistical Association from 1965 to 1970.

In 1962 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.

Publications

Introduction to Statistical Decision Theory The Structure of Business

Articles

The Ghosh-Pratt theorem. Fair (and not so fair) Division How Many Balance Functions Does It Take To Determine A Utility Function? Efficient Risk Sharing: The Last Frontier. A New Interpretation of the F Statistic. Increasing Risk: Some Direct Constructions. Willingness to Pay and the Distribution of Risk and Wealth. The Contraction Mapping Approach to the Perron-Frobenius Theory: Why Hilbert's Metric? Evaluating and Comparing Projects: Simple Detection of False Alarms.

Working Papers

Some Neglected Axioms in Fair Division. Correlated Equilibrium and Nash Equilibrium as an Observer's Assessment of the Game.

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Education
Stanford University, Harvard University
Employers
Harvard University
Awards
Fellow of the Econometric Society; Fellow of the American Statistical Association; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Guggenheim Fellowship; Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Also known as
John Winsor Pratt, John Pratt, J. W. Pratt

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Frequently asked questions

Who is John W. Pratt?

American business academic; PhD Stanford 1956

When was John W. Pratt born?

John W. Pratt was born on 11 September 1931.

What is John W. Pratt's occupation?

John W. Pratt is a mathematician, university teacher and statistician.

What nationality is John W. Pratt?

John W. Pratt is American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: John W. Pratt

· Wikidata: Q1701462

· DBpedia: John W. Pratt

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