Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1990
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Harry M. Markowitz
Prize share: 1/3
Photo: Peter Kiar. From the Nobel Foundation archive
Merton H. Miller
Prize share: 1/3
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William F. Sharpe
Prize share: 1/3
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1990 was awarded jointly to Harry M. Markowitz, Merton H. Miller and William F. Sharpe "for their pioneering work in the theory of financial economics"
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