John Winsor Pratt (born 1931) is Emeritus
William Ziegler professor business administration at
Harvard University. His former education was conducted at
Princeton University and
Stanford University, where he specialized in mathematics and statistics.[1] 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.[1] His researches on risk aversion, risk sharing incentives, and the nature and discovery of stochastic laws, statistical relationships that describe the effects of decisions.[1] He has made contributions to research in
risk aversion theory, notably with
Kenneth Arrow on measures of risk aversion.[2][3]
^Schervish, Mark J.; Pratt, John W.; Raiffa, Howard; Schlaifer, Robert (September 1996). "Introduction to Statistical Decision Theory". Journal of the American Statistical Association. 91 (435): 1376.
doi:
10.2307/2291759.
ISSN0162-1459.
JSTOR2291759.
^Pratt, John W. and Richard Zeckhauser (1991). Principals and Agents: The Structure of Business. Harvard Business School Press.
^Pratt, John W.; Schlaifer, Robert (May 1998). "A New Interpretation of the F Statistic". The American Statistician. 52 (2): 141.
doi:
10.2307/2685472.
ISSN0003-1305.
JSTOR2685472.
^Pratt, John W.; Zeckhauser, Richard J. (August 1996). "Willingness to Pay and the Distribution of Risk and Wealth". Journal of Political Economy. 104 (4): 747–763.
doi:
10.1086/262041.
ISSN0022-3808.
S2CID153478355.
^PRATT, JOHN W.; HAMMOND, JOHN S. (December 1979). "Evaluating and Comparing Projects: Simple Detection of False Alarms". The Journal of Finance. 34 (5): 1231–1242.
doi:
10.1111/j.1540-6261.1979.tb00068.x.
ISSN0022-1082.
John Winsor Pratt (born 1931) is Emeritus
William Ziegler professor business administration at
Harvard University. His former education was conducted at
Princeton University and
Stanford University, where he specialized in mathematics and statistics.[1] 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.[1] His researches on risk aversion, risk sharing incentives, and the nature and discovery of stochastic laws, statistical relationships that describe the effects of decisions.[1] He has made contributions to research in
risk aversion theory, notably with
Kenneth Arrow on measures of risk aversion.[2][3]
^Schervish, Mark J.; Pratt, John W.; Raiffa, Howard; Schlaifer, Robert (September 1996). "Introduction to Statistical Decision Theory". Journal of the American Statistical Association. 91 (435): 1376.
doi:
10.2307/2291759.
ISSN0162-1459.
JSTOR2291759.
^Pratt, John W. and Richard Zeckhauser (1991). Principals and Agents: The Structure of Business. Harvard Business School Press.
^Pratt, John W.; Schlaifer, Robert (May 1998). "A New Interpretation of the F Statistic". The American Statistician. 52 (2): 141.
doi:
10.2307/2685472.
ISSN0003-1305.
JSTOR2685472.
^Pratt, John W.; Zeckhauser, Richard J. (August 1996). "Willingness to Pay and the Distribution of Risk and Wealth". Journal of Political Economy. 104 (4): 747–763.
doi:
10.1086/262041.
ISSN0022-3808.
S2CID153478355.
^PRATT, JOHN W.; HAMMOND, JOHN S. (December 1979). "Evaluating and Comparing Projects: Simple Detection of False Alarms". The Journal of Finance. 34 (5): 1231–1242.
doi:
10.1111/j.1540-6261.1979.tb00068.x.
ISSN0022-1082.