Howard Raiffa
Howard Raiffa was an American academic who was the Frank P. Ramsey Professor (Emeritus) of Managerial Economics, a joint chair held by the Business School and Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University. He was an influential Bayesian decision theorist and pioneer in the field of decision analysis, with works in statistical decision theory, game theory, behavioral decision theory, risk analysis, and negotiation analysis.
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Trending topics shown first"Most people, even in simple risky situations, don't behave the way the theory of utility would have them behave."
"A mediator is an impartial outsider who tries to aid the negotiators in their quest to find a compromise agreement."
"It is always amazing to see how wide a spectrum of results can be obtained from replicating an identical negotiation with different principal actors; it makes no difference whether there subjects are …"
"A final word of advice: don't gloat about how well you have done."
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