Forerunners of Modern Financial Economics: A Random Walk in the History of Economic Thought.(FINANCE)(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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2004-056658

1-84542-101-9

Forerunners of modern financial economics; a random walk in the history of economic thought.

Stabile, Donald R.

Edward Elgar Pub. Co., [c]2005

173 p.

$85.00

Emphasizing the statistical aspects of the field, Stabile (economics, St. Mary's College) presents a tour of the economic approaches to finance in the first half of the 20th century. After a brief survey ...

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