Author: Geoffrey Poitras Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub ISBN: 9781845423810 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 274
Book Description
The search for the pioneers of financial economics contained in this volume places the origins of financial economics well outside the conventional boundaries of the history of economic thought. Under the editorship of Geoffrey Poitras, a leading authority on the history of financial economics, these specially commissioned essays comprise contributions on the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries, and include the work of both well-known and less familiar historical figures. The subjects studied display a variety of philosophical foundations and include: Jacob Bernoulli, Joseph de la Vega, Edmond Halley, Abraham de Moivre, Duvillard de Durand, Jules Regnault, Henri Lefèvre, Louis Bachelier, and Vincenz Bronzin. Life annuity valuation, the modified internal rate of return, the nineteenth-century science of financial investments, and the early development of option pricing models are just some of the issues dealt with by these early thinkers and explored in depth within these pages. An outstanding volume of original analysis, Pioneers of Financial Economics is an essential reference source of seminal contributions on the early history of financial economics.
Author: Geoffrey Poitras Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 266
Book Description
This volume examines the development of the discipline during the 20th century. Specially commissioned essays discuss scholars of the early part of the century to the Nobel Prize winners of the last decade, including Irving Fisher, Frederick Macauley, Harry Markowitz and Fischer Black.
Author: Irving Fisher Publisher: ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 370
Book Description
This compilation of 14 essays presented at a May 1997 conference of the Irving-Fisher-Gesellschaft to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Fisher's death, commemorates and evaluates his work from a modern perspective. The book begins with an introduction to Fisher's personal life, and includes correspondence and an overview of his contributions to the economics profession. Later chapters consider some of the major topics Fisher most notably influenced, such as macroeconomics and the quantity theory; the management of monetary policy and reform of the monetary system; debt-deflation and the Great Depression; capital, income and the rate of interest; and his policy advice to the government. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Geoffrey Poitras
Author: Geoffrey Poitras
Author: Irving Fisher
Author: Irving Fisher
Author: Irving Fisher
Author: Irving Fisher
Author: Irving Fisher
Author: Irving Fisher
Author: Irving Fisher
Author: Irving Fisher