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Robert C. Merton

American economist (1944-) · United States · Academics

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Robert Cox Merton is an American economist, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences laureate, and professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is best known for his pioneering contributions to continuous-time finance, particularly the first continuous-time option pricing model, the Black-Scholes-Merton model.

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2010The Kolmogorov Lecture and MedalAward1997Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred NobelAward1995Honorary Doctor of Paris Dauphine UniversityAward1983Fellow of the Econometric SocietyAward1944Born31 July 1944

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Awards

The Kolmogorov Lecture and Medal2010
Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel1997
Honorary Doctor of Paris Dauphine University1995
Fellow of the Econometric Society1983
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Honorary Doctor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Honorary Degree of HEC Paris

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Father: Robert K. Merton

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
living
Dates
Born 1944 · age 82

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