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Robert C. Merton

Robert C. Merton

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Distinguished Professor of Finance, MIT Sloan School & Nobel Laureate — Economics 1997

Merton received the Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1997 for a new method to determine the value of derivatives.

Biography


Retirement Security Bond (RSB) Work

An RSB is a single, liquid, low-cost, full faith and credit government-issued bond that mimics the accumulation and payout patterns of a deferred annuity or pension with inflation and standard of living adjustments, making it suitable for even the most financially unsophisticated individual to save for retirement. The Brazilian government, was the first to adopt this concept in 2023 with its RENDA+ bond.

Taking a closer look at SeLFIES: Added thoughts, clarications

2019

MIT Sloan Finance Beyond Crisis – SeLFIES

2019
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Additional Recent Work

Trust, Transparency, and Complexity

2023

How to increase the coverage and adequacy of pensions in Colombia?

2023
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Focus Areas



Retirement
Finance


Investment Management & Asset Pricing 

Risk
Management

Derivatives & Options Pricing

Financial
Engineering

Financial
Innovation

Functional Finance & Finance Principles

Recent News & Interviews



The 2024 James R. Vertin Award

2024

PSCA Honors Nancy Gerrie and Robert C. Merton with Lifetime Achievement Awards

2022
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Robert C. Merton

MIT Sloan School of Management
100 Main St. E62-634
Cambridge, MA 02142

rmerton@mit.edu

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