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Black, Fischer 1938-1995

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Portrait of Black, Fischer 1938-1995

Born 1938 · died 1995

Fischer Sheffey Black, Jr. was an American economist, best known as one of the co-authors of the Black–Scholes option pricing model. He held academic positions at the University of Chicago and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, later working at Goldman Sachs. In addition to his work on option pricing, Black made important contributions to the development of the capital asset pricing model (CAPM). He also proposed ideas in monetary economics and in theories of the business cycle.

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The surviving papers of Black, Fischer 1938-1995 are held at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries.

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Black, Fischer 1938-1995. “Archival papers.” Economists’ Papers, https://www.economistspapers.org.uk/black-fischer-1938-1995/ (accessed 19 Jun 2026).