Stabile, Donald

Forerunners of modern financial economics : a random walk in the history of economic thought / History of economic thought Donald R. Stabile. - viii, 173 pages ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-166) and index.

Introduction: finance, risk, and statistics -- The highs and lows of Bayesian economic statistics -- Irving Fisher and the mathematics of risk -- Thorstein Veblen and credit risk -- Risk and diversification in the boom of the 1920s -- Evaluating market forecasts : financial economics in the 1930s -- Statistics and the theory of value investing -- Finance in a period of war, debt, and taxes -- The forerunners in relation to modern financial economics. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

"Forerunners of Modern Financial Economics will be of great interest to both economists and historians interested in the development of statistical finance and economic thought, as well as to statisticians, financial analysts, and advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying financial economics."--BOOK JACKET.

1845421019 9781845421014

2004056658


Finance--Statistical methods--History--20th century.
Capital market--Statistical methods--History--20th century.
Economists--History--20th century.
Economics, Mathematical--History--20th century.

HG176.5 / .S724 2005

332.015195