What is Robert C. Merton?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Robert C. Merton | image = Robert Merton November 2010 03(1).jpg | caption = Merton in 2010 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1944|7|31|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[New York City, New York]], U.S. | nationality = [[Americans|American]] | workplaces = [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] [[Harvard University]]<br> | alma_mater = [[Columbia University]]<br>[[California Institute of Technology]]<br>[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] | doctoral_advisor = [[Paul Samuelson]] | doctoral_students = [[Jonathan E. Ingersoll]]<ref>Ingersoll, Jonathan E. (1976), ''[http://library.mit.edu/F/MMBCVN4JS3RETT4NKLXY7N3VRL745E6GUHLDE6GY3VEF3T1H61-07950?func=full-set-set&set_number=005761&set_entry=000002&format=999 A contingent-claims valuation of convertible bonds and the optimal policies for call and conversion]''. Ph.D. dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.</ref> <br>[[Robert Jarrow]] | known_for = [[Black–Scholes–Merton model]]<br>[[ICAPM]]<br> [[Merton's portfolio problem]]<br>[[Merton model]]<br>[[Fractional Finance]]<br>[[Long-Term Capital Management]] | field = [[Finance]], [[economics]] | prizes = [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences]] (1997) }} {{nobelprize|Economics}}'''Robert Cox Merton''' (born July 31, 1944) is an American [[economist]]. He is a professor at the [[MIT Sloan School of Management]]. In 1993 Merton co-founded hedge fund [[Long-Term Capital Management]]. In 1997 Merton, with [[Myron Scholes]], won the [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://robertcmerton.com Official Website] * [http://pine.hbs.edu/external/facPersonalShow.do?pid=6511 Page at the Harvard Business School] * [https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/stockmarket/ PBS, ''Nova''&nbsp;– Trillion Dollar Bet (2000)] {{DEFAULTSORT:Merton, Robert Carhart}} [[Category:1944 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American economists]] [[Category:Scientists from New York City]] {{US-bio-stub}} {{Nobel Prize in economics}}