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William F. Sharpe, 1934-

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William F. Sharpe is a finance economist at Stanford.  Sharpe developed of the capital-asset pricing model (CAPM) in portfolio theory in 1964, specifying the exact relationship between risk and return in portfolio selection.

William F. Sharpe shared the Nobel memorial prize in 1990 with Harry Markowitz and Merton H. Miller.   

 

  


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Major Works of William F. Sharpe

  • "A Simplified Model for Portfolio Analysis", 1963, Management Science
  • "A Linear Programming Algorithm for Mutual Fund Portfolio Selection", 1967, Management Science
  • "Capital Asset Prices: A theory of market equilibrium under conditions of risk", 1964, J of Finance [pdf]
  • "Risk-Aversion in the Stock Market: Some Empirical Evidence", 1965, J of Finance
  • "Porfolio Analysis", 1967, JFQA
  • Portfolio Theory and Capital Markets, 1970
  • "A Linear Programming Approximation for the General Portfolio Analysis Problem", 1971, J of Fin and Quant Analysis
  • "Corporate Pension Funding Policy", 1976, J Financial Analysis
  • "The Capital Asset Pricing Model: A ‘Multi-Beta’ Interpretation", 1977, in H. Levy and M. Sarnat, eds, Financial Decision Making Under Uncertainty.
  • "Bank Capital Adequacy, Deposit Insurance and Security Values", 1978, JFQA [draft nber]
  • "Perspectives on Bank Capital Adequacy: Time-series analysis", with Laurie Goodman, 1978 [draft nber]
  • "Optimal Funding and Asset Allocation Rules for Defined-Benefit Pension Plans" with J.M. Harrison, 1983, in Financial Aspects of the United States Pension System [nber]
  •  "Capital Asset Prices With or Without Negative Holdings", 1991, J of Finance [nobel]

 


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