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- April–June 1966
- Journal Article
A 'Motionless' Motion of Swift's Flying Island
By: Robert C. Merton
Merton, Robert C. "A 'Motionless' Motion of Swift's Flying Island." Journal of the History of Ideas 27 (April–June 1966): 275–277.
- November 1975
- Article
Theory of Finance from the Perspective of Continuous Time
By: Robert C. Merton
Merton, Robert C. "Theory of Finance from the Perspective of Continuous Time." Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 10 (November 1975): 659–674.
- May 1976
- Article
The Impact on Option Pricing of Specification Error in the Underlying Stock Price Returns
By: Robert C. Merton
Merton, Robert C. "The Impact on Option Pricing of Specification Error in the Underlying Stock Price Returns." Journal of Finance 31, no. 2 (May 1976): 333–350.
- July 1999
- Comment
Commentary: Finance Theory and Future Trends: The Shift to Integration
By: Robert C. Merton
Merton, Robert C. "Commentary: Finance Theory and Future Trends: The Shift to Integration." Risk (July 1999), 48–50.
- 2009
- Contribution
Contribution
By: Robert C. Merton
Merton, Robert C. "Contribution." Contribution to Harry M. Markowitz, Merton H. Miller, William F. Sharpe, Robert C. Merton, and Myron S. Scholes. Vol. 2, edited by Howard R. Vane and Chris Mulhearn. Pioneering Papers of the Nobel Memorial Laureates in Economics. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2009. (Introduction to Part IV.)
- 2008
- Chapter
A New Generation of Pension Fund Management
By: Robert C. Merton
In talking about pension plans at this point in American economic and corporate history, we need to discuss three linked issues: the defined-benefit (DB) corporate plans that worked for our parents; the defined-contribution (DC) plans we're getting today because...
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- December 2007
- Article
Applying Modern Risk Management to Equity and Credit Analysis
By: Robert C. Merton
Traditional conventions of accounting and actuarial science distort the valuation of capital risk in corporations with pension plans because under these conventions, pension assets and liabilities are not included in balance sheet calculations. The modern risk...
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Risk Management;
Valuation;
Financial Reporting;
Decision Making;
Credit;
Financial Statements;
Capital;
Equity;
Compensation and Benefits
Merton, Robert C. "Applying Modern Risk Management to Equity and Credit Analysis." CFA Institute Conference Proceedings Quarterly 24 (December 2007): 14–22.
- 22 May 2020
- In Practice
Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?
service centers, which are primarily owned by physicians. Regina E. Herzlinger is the Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration. Amy C. Edmonson: New ways to balance prevention and sick care Those on the front lines of COVID...
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by Danielle Kost
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Faculty Books
institutional environments alter financing decision-making around the world. Environmental Protection and the Social Responsibility of Firms: Perspectives from Law, Economics, and Business edited by Bruce L. Hay, Robert N. Stavins, and...
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- March 16, 2003
- Article
Footnote Reporting Distorts Impact of Stock Options
By: Zvi Bodie, Robert S. Kaplan and Robert C. Merton
Bodie, Zvi, Robert S. Kaplan, and Robert C. Merton. "Footnote Reporting Distorts Impact of Stock Options." Boston Globe (March 16, 2003).
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Christensen and Vernon Remembered
leading authority on case-method teaching, C. Roland ("Chris") Christensen (MBA 3/'43, DCS '53) was the Robert Walmsley University Professor, Emeritus. He died on August 28 in Nashville, Tennessee, from...
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- 02 Jul 2014
- What Do You Think?
Are Today’s Business Heroes Challenging Our Ideas About Leadership?
conclude that I understood leadership pretty well, I've begun to wonder. Let's start with the leadership associated with large organizations with relatively long histories. In recent years, we have been educated by concepts such as MBWA (management by walking around,...
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by James Heskett
- 2015
- Working Paper
Customers and Investors: A Framework for Understanding Financial Institutions
By: Robert C. Merton and Robert T. Thakor
Financial institutions have both investors and customers. Investors, such as those who invest in stocks and bonds or private/public-sector guarantors of institutions, expect an appropriate risk-adjusted return in exchange for the financing and risk-bearing that they...
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Financial Institutions
Merton, Robert C., and Robert T. Thakor. "Customers and Investors: A Framework for Understanding Financial Institutions." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 21258, June 2015.
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
(B-2):http://hbr.org/search/812170-PDF-ENG Man Group (B) Robert C. Pozen and Thomas M. ClayHarvard Business School Supplement 312-129 The Man Group was a huge and successful...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 1984
- Chapter
Macroeconomics and Finance: The Role of the Stock Market
By: Stanley Fischer and Robert C. Merton
Fischer, Stanley, and Robert C. Merton. "Macroeconomics and Finance: The Role of the Stock Market." In Essays on Macroeconomic Implications of Financial and Labor Markets and Political Processes. Vol. 21, edited by K. Brunner and A. H. Meltzer. Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company, 1984.