Merton Miller

Merton Miller
Born	(1923-05-16)May 16, 1923 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	June 3, 2000(2000-06-03) (aged 77) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Nationality	American
Education	Harvard University Johns Hopkins University
Academic career
Institution	Carnegie Mellon University University of Chicago London School of Economics
Field	Economics
School or tradition	Chicago School of Economics
Doctoral advisor	Fritz Machlup
Doctoral students	Eugene Fama William Poole
Contributions	Modigliani–Miller theorem
Awards	Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1990)
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Merton Howard Miller (May 16, 1923 – June 3, 2000) was an American economist, and the co-author of the Modigliani–Miller theorem (1958), which proposed the irrelevance of debt-equity structure. He shared the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1990, along with Harry Markowitz and William F. Sharpe. Miller spent most of his academic career at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business.