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Merton Miller Economist

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: May 16, 1923
  • Died: Jun 3, 2000

Merton Howard Miller was an American economist, and the co-author of the Modigliani–Miller theorem, which proposed the irrelevance of debt-equity structure. He shared the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1990, along with Harry Markowitz and William Sharpe. Miller spent most of his academic career at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business.

Arbitrage proof has since been widely used throughout finance and economics. finance

You only need to make one big score in finance to be a hero forever. finance

To beat the market you'll have to invest serious bucks to dig up information no one else has yet. finance

What counts is what you do with your money, not where it came from. money

My expertise was in public finance, particularly corporate taxation, since I had worked at the US Treasury. finance

Thanksgiving November 28, 2024

The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest. 32 wisdom & wit from William Blake

32 wisdom & wit from William Blake

Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it. 6 wisdom & wit from Franz Grillparzer

6 wisdom & wit from Franz Grillparzer

For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received. 2 more thoughts from Storm Jameson

2 more thoughts from Storm Jameson

To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do. 73 quotes from Victor Hugo

73 quotes from Victor Hugo