Pioneers of financial economics; v.2: Twentieth-century contributions.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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9781845423827

Pioneers of financial economics; v.2: Twentieth-century contributions.

Ed. by Geoffrey Poitras.

Edward Elgar Publishing

2007

244 pages

$160.00

Hardcover

HG173

The discipline of modern finance has come to include a range of perceptions and tools gathered by leading practitioners and theorists over hundreds of years. This volume in the series concentrates on the ideas and people of the twentieth century. The 15 essays here cover early contributors in the period such as the pioneers of yield approximation; Jenks, Meade, Ripley, ...

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