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- ↑ UCLA Anderson School of Management website
- ↑ Brennan-Schwartz interest rate model
- ↑ See for example: Eduardo Schwartz and Lenos Trigeorgis, Eds. Real Options and Investment under Uncertainty: Classical Readings and Recent Contributions Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine . Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2004. ISBN 0-262-69318-6
- ↑ University of Notre Dame. "Honorary Degrees". Archived from the original on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
