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Top 5 important contributors to Finance

5/14/2016

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These are the list of top contributors to modern Finance.

Franco Modigliani - Capital Structure

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Franco Modigliani and Merton Miller are the biggest contributors to modern capital structure. They published The Modigliani-Miller irrelevance theorem in 1958, and in 1961 dividend theorem and in 1963 new version of capital structure theory with tax. 

​Merton Miller - Capital Structure 

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Merton Miller worked with Franco Modigliani and together published Modigliani and Miller 1958 Irrelevance theorem , Modigliani and Miller 1961 Dividend Policy theorem and Modigliani and Miller 1963 Cost of Capital. 

​William Forsyth Sharpe - Capital Asset Pricing Model

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As a finance student you must definitly know what is Capital Asset Pricing Model or another words CAPM. ​William Forsyth Sharpe is the inventor or founder of CAPM. 

Stephen Ross - Arbitrage Pricing Theory

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The Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT) was first originated from Stephen Ross in 1976, APT is widely taught in Finance and it is among the most important theories in modern finance.

​Eugene Fama - Efficient Market Hypothesis

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Eugene Fama is considered as the father of finance and he is well know for Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH). He is also best know for modern portfolio theory. 
2 Comments
Jake
6/5/2016 05:38:54 pm

I think Modigliani and Miller the most known people in Corporate Finance. Their theory is being taught in every university that offers finance.

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Kathy
6/5/2016 05:40:15 pm

I never knew the person who came up with CAPM

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