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Myron Scholes

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Myron Scholes
Scholes in 2008
Born
Myron Samuel Scholes

(1941-07-01) July 1, 1941 (age 83)
NationalityCanada, United States
FieldFinancial economics
School or
tradition
Chicago school of economics
Alma materUniversity of Chicago (MBA, PhD)
McMaster University (BA)
Doctoral
advisor
Eugene Fama
Merton Miller
InfluencesGeorge Stigler, Milton Friedman
ContributionsBlack–Scholes model
AwardsNobel Memorial Prize in Economics (1997)
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Myron Samuel Scholes (/ʃlz/ SHOHLZ;[1] born July 1, 1941) is a Canadian-American financial economist.

In 1997, Scholes with Robert C. Merton won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

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  1. "Scholes on merriam-webster.com". Retrieved October 20, 2012.

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