Essays Tagged: "Merton Miller"

Why is the risk of a portfolio of shares normally lower than the average risk of the shares of the portfolio?

ich appeared in the 1952 Journal of Finance. Thirty-eight years later, he shared a Nobel Prize with Merton Miller and William Sharpe for what has become a broad theory for portfolio selection. Portfol ...

(9 pages) 512 1 2.3 Jun/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Capital Structure

s are still puzzled by their inability to provide a simple and concise answer.Franco Modigliani and Merton Miller were who sparked interest in capital structure theory. Their original insights (1978) ... al, 2002)3. THEORIES ON CAPITAL STRUCTURE3.1 THE MODIGLIANI AND MILLER THEOREMFrance Modigliani and Merton Miller opened the debate on capital structure. Their original contribution (1958) and continu ...

(61 pages) 786 1 4.6 May/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

FIN 402 Modern Portfolio Theories.

William Sharpe, Harry Markowitz and Merton Miller are the three economists who shared a Nobel prize in 1990 for their pioneering work in ... ory of price formation for financial assets, the so-called, Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM); and Merton Miller, for his fundamental contributions to the theory of corporate finance.According to Mar ...

(5 pages) 295 0 2.5 Oct/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges

Modigliani Miller Theorem - Capital Stucture

and who are M&M? What sort of impact does this theory have within the business finance sector? Merton Miller and Franco Modigliani turned the finance world on its ear with their theory that dealt ... ital increases net economic returns, which, ultimately, increases firm value. Franco Modigliani and Merton Miller sparked interest in capital structure theory. Their continued developments (1963, 1965 ...

(7 pages) 204 0 4.0 Sep/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Financial development & economic growth

changing demands of real sector.At the other hand the group of economists including Nobel laureate Merton Miller (1986) argues that financial market contributes to economic growth. A group of economi ...

(10 pages) 160 0 4.3 Mar/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Development Studies

Financial Theories

lity to provide a simple and concise answer.The Modigliani and Miller Theorem:Franco Modigliani and Merton Miller were two individuals who sparked interest in capital structure theory. Their original ...

(9 pages) 386 0 4.3 Oct/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting