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From Galileo to Modern Economics : The Italian Origins of Econophysics

Tusset, Gianfranco - 2018

Empirical laws are rare in economics. This book describes efforts to anchor economic knowledge to invariant empirical laws. It links 17th and 18th century Galilean monetary economists to econophysics, a field that emerged in the mid-1990s. This virtual journey from past to present is charted by...

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Suspicions of Markets : Critical Attacks from Aristotle to the Twenty-First Century

Rutherford, Donald - 2016

In this work, Rutherford reviews why Adam Smith, Hayek, Mises and others praised economic markets, with a view to understanding, in contrast, historical attacks on markets dating as far back as Aristotle. The market has long been criticized as an inappropriate method of allocation, encouraging...

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The Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, 1952-2016 : Central Bank of Oil

Banafe, Ahmed - 2017

This book sheds new light on the critical importance of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA), a remarkably successful central bank that is a model for developing oil exporters worldwide. As a "swing producer", Saudi Arabia has traditionally stepped in to make up for oil supply shortfalls in...

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The Origins and Nature of Scandinavian Central Banking

Andersen, Steffen Elkiær - 2016

This book explores the formation and evolution of Scandinavian central banks. It begins by defining the nature of “central banking” in general, before moving on to investigate how and when it became meaningful to regard today’s Scandinavian central banks as such. It also explores how...

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The Econometricians : Gauss, Galton, Pearson, Fisher, Hotelling, Cowles, Frisch and Haavelmo

Read, Colin - 2016

This is the seventh book in a series of discussions about the great minds in the history and theory of finance. While the series addresses the contributions of scholars in our understanding of financial decisions and markets, this seventh book describes how econometrics developed and how its...

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The Evolution of Central Banking: Theory and History

Ugolini, Stefano - 2017

This book is the first complete survey of the evolution of monetary institutions and practices in Western countries from the Middle Ages to today. It radically rethinks previous attempts at a history of monetary institutions by avoiding institutional approach and shifting the focus away from the...

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Evolution of Central Banking? : De Nederlandsche Bank 1814 -1852

Uittenbogaard, Roland - 2015

The book analyses the establishment of De Nederlandsche Bank and its early development as a case study to test competing theories on the historical development of central banking. It is shown that the establishment of DNB can be explained by both the fiscal theory and the financial stability...

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Handbook of the History of Economic Thought : Insights on the Founders of Modern Economics

Backhaus, Jürgen G. - 2012

Introduction -- The Tradition of Economic Thought in the Mediterranean World from the Ancient Classical Times Through the Hellenistic Times until the Byzantine Times and Arab-Islamic World -- Mercantilism -- The Cameralists: Fertile Sources for a New Science of Public Finance -- The Physiocrats,...

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Der Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft : Geschichte des VHB und Geschichten zum VHB

Burr, Wolfgang (ed.); Wagenhofer, Alfred (ed.) - Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft - 2012

Die Geschichte des VHB. - Die Geschichte der deutschsprachigen Betriebswirtschaftslehre -- Wiederkehrende Themen … eine systematische Darstellung der Entwicklung des VHB und damit ebenso der Betriebswirtschaftslehre (BWL). Die Geschichte … (1948-1970) und die Zeit des Wachstums (1970-2000). Der zweite Teil gibt einen Überblick über die Geschichte der …

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Die Entwicklung der Marketingdisziplin : Wandel der marktorientierten Unternehmensführung in Wissenschaft und Praxis

Sepehr, Philipp - 2014

Der Wandel der Marketingdisziplin -- Historisch-genetische Entwicklung der Marketingdisziplin -- Marketingdisziplin im Status quo: Empirische Bestandsaufnahme -- Perspektiven zur Weiterentwicklung der Marketingdisziplin.

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