A model prophet
Through his groundbreaking work on options valuation, structural models of credit risk and optimal pension fund investment, Robert Merton's influence on modern finance is profound. Navroz Patel talks to the Long-Term Capital Management co-founder and Nobel laureate about his work
Earlier this year, the US patent office published patent number 20070061238. Entitled Method and Apparatus for Retirement Income Planning, the patent might easily have been overlooked by anyone scrolling casually through the list of new filings. For someone with a knowledge of finance, however, the patent's authorship would have made it irresistible reading.
The inventors listed are: Zvi Bodie, a
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