"On the Application of the Continuous-Time Theory of Finance to Financial Intermediation and Insurance."

Merton, Robert C. The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance Vol. 14, No. 52 (1989): 225-261.

"Defined Benefit versus Defined Contribution Pension Plans: What are the Real Tradeoffs."

Bodie, Zvi, Alan J. Marcus and Robert C. Merton. In Pensions in the U.S. Economy, 139-162. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1988.

"In Honor of Nobel Laureate, Franco Modigliani."

Merton, Robert C. Journal of Economic Perspectives Vol. 1, No. 2 (1987): 145-155.

"A Simple Model of Capital Market Equilibrium with Incomplete Information."

Merton, Robert C. Journa ofl Finance Vol. 42, No. 3 (1987): 483-509.

"On the Current State of the Stock Market Rationality Hypothesis."

Merton, Robert C. In Macroeconomics and Finance: Essays in Honor of Franco Modigliani, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1987.

"Pension Plan Integration as Insurance against Social Security Risk."

Merton, Robert C., Zvi Bodie and Alan J. Marcus. In Issues in Pension Economics, 147-172. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1987.