Jacob Marschak
Jacob Marschak · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Economist who advanced econometrics and the theory of teams and decision-making under uncertainty
1898, Kiev, Russian Empire (now Kyiv, Ukraine) — 1977, Los Angeles, California, United States
Russian Empire · Germany · United Kingdom · United States
Jacob Marschak is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Economist who advanced econometrics and the theory of teams and decision-making under uncertainty
Marschak was an economist who helped build modern econometrics and pioneered the economics of information and decision-making under uncertainty, including his 'theory of teams' on how organizations coordinate. As research director of the Cowles Commission he shaped a generation of quantitative economists. Born to a Jewish family in Kiev, he fled revolution and later Nazism, moving through Germany and Britain to the United States.
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Economist who advanced econometrics and the theory of teams and decision-making under uncertainty
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