Professors Harry Markowitz and William Sharpe Received Their Nobel Prize

question 97

Multiple Choice

Professors Harry Markowitz and William Sharpe received their Nobel Prize in Economics for their contributions to the

• A) options pricing model.
• B) theories of working capital management.
• C) theories of portfolio based management and the risk along with return on securities.
• D) theories of international capital budgeting.

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