The Rise of the Quants Marschak, Sharpe, Black, Scholes, and Merton

The third book in the Great Minds in Finance series examines the pricing of securities and the risk/reward trade off through the legends, contribution, and legacies of Jacob Marschak, William Sharpe, Fischer Black and Myron Scholes, and Robert Merton, influencing both theory and practice, answering...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Read, Colin
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2012, 2012
Series:Great Minds in Finance
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:The third book in the Great Minds in Finance series examines the pricing of securities and the risk/reward trade off through the legends, contribution, and legacies of Jacob Marschak, William Sharpe, Fischer Black and Myron Scholes, and Robert Merton, influencing both theory and practice, answering the question 'how do we measure risk?'
Physical Description:X, 195 p online resource
ISBN:9781137026149