Mark J. Machina
Mark J. Machina | |
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| Born | October 27, 1954 |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Institution | University of California, San Diego |
| Alma mater | MIT Michigan State University |
| Doctoral advisor | Franklin M. Fisher |
Mark Joseph Machina (born October 27, 1954) is an American economist noted for work in non-standard decision theory. He is currently a distinguished professor at the University of California, San Diego. The , a probability diagram used in expected utility theory, bears his name, along with that of Jacob Marschak.
Machina Triangle[]
The Machina Triangle is a way of representing a three dimensional probability vector in a two dimensional space. The probability of a given outcome is denoted by a euclidean distance from the point that represents a lottery (probability).[1]
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External links[]
- Machina's homepage at the Department of Economics at the University of California
- "Mark J. Machina". JSTOR.
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