Starting with his 1970 doctoral dissertation and continuing to today, Robert C. Merton has revolutionized the theory and practice of finance. In 1997, Merton shared a Nobel Prize in Economics “for a new method to determine the value of derivatives.” His contributions to the science of finance, however, go far beyond that. In this article Dr. Zvi Bodie describes Merton's main contributions.
Plan Sponsor Council of America. By Jack Towarnicky.
For Alphaville, The Financial Times.
By Robin Wigglesworth
An 2018 Interview on NPR with Jimmy Wales, including Wale's first personally written entry on the life and work of Robert C. Merton.
“2008 Financial Crisis: A Ten-Year Review” was a major event marking the anniversary of the 2008 global financial crisis. In conjunction with Annual Review of Financial Economics and New York University, the 5th Annual GCFP Conference was a two-day invitation-only event. Presenters including Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond, Robert Engle, Tim Geithner, Mervyn King, Deborah Lucas, and Jean-Claude Trichet provided personal accounts of the events and what they taught us.
The conference, which took place in New York City on November 8-9, 2018, was the singular event marking the 10th anniversary of the 2008 financial crisis.
Khazanah Megatrends Forum 2018
Membro Onorario del Corpo Accademico, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice