Robert C. Merton

GPTKB entity

Properties (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Economist
Nobel Laureate
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:MIT_Sloan_School_of_Management
gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
gptkbp:author gptkb:Myron_Scholes
gptkbp:awardedBy gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Economic_Sciences
gptkb:Graham_and_Dodd_Award
gptkb:CFA_Institute's_James_R._Vertin_Award
gptkb:John_von_Neumann_Theory_Prize
gptkb:Financial_Times'_Lifetime_Achievement_Award
Fellow_of_the_Institute_of_Mathematical_Statistics
Fellow_of_the_American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
Fellow_of_the_Econometric_Society
Fellow_of_the_Society_for_Financial_Studies
gptkbp:born July 31, 1944
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:contribution Market microstructure
Hedging strategies
Continuous-time finance
Dynamic asset allocation
Risk-neutral pricing
Valuation of contingent claims
gptkbp:field Finance
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Robert C. Merton
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Myron_Scholes
Risk assessment
Investment strategies
Finance theory
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Paul_Samuelson
gptkbp:knownFor Risk management
Black-Scholes model
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:occupation Professor
gptkbp:publishes Option Pricing: A Simplified Approach
Financial_Theory_and_Corporate_Policy
Continuous-Time_Finance
The_Theory_of_Rational_Option_Pricing
gptkbp:researchInterest Corporate finance
Derivatives
Financial engineering
Portfolio theory
gptkbp:spouse Diane_Merton