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Geoffrey Poitras

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http://www.sfu.ca/~poitras
Faculty of Business Administration Simon Fraser University
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Faculty of Business Administration
Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, Canada
http://www.bus.sfu.ca/
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Working papers

  1. Poitras, Geoffrey, 2024. "More on the Origin of Financial Economics: Early Contributions to Joint Life Annuity Valuation," SocArXiv ak6gu, Center for Open Science.
  2. Poitras, Geoffrey, 2022. "Cobweb Theory, Market Stability and Price Expectations," OSF Preprints xsemj, Center for Open Science.
  3. Geoffrey Poitras, 2020. "The Luddite Trials: Radical Suppression and the Administration of Criminal Justice," Post-Print hal-03680379, HAL.
  4. Geoffrey Poitras, 2018. "The prescription opioid epidemic: an update," Post-Print hal-03680383, HAL.
  5. Geoffrey Poitras & John Heaney, 2015. "Classical Ergodicity and Modern Portfolio Theory," Post-Print hal-03680380, HAL.
  6. Geoffrey Poitras, 2012. "OxyContin, prescription opioid abuse and economic medicalization," Post-Print hal-03680382, HAL.
  7. Poitras, Geoffrey & Jovanovic, Franck, 2010. "Pioneers of Financial Economics: Das Adam Smith Irrelevanzproblem?," MPRA Paper 113220, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  8. Poitras, Geoffrey & Heaney, John, 2008. "‘How is the Stock Market Doing?’ Using Absence of Arbitrage to Measure Stock Market Performance," MPRA Paper 114056, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  9. Franck Jovanovic & Geoffrey Poitras, 2007. "The CAPM, the Modigliani-Miller Theorems and the Rise of Modern Finance," Post-Print halshs-00231899, HAL.
  10. Franck Jovanovic & Geoffrey Poitras, 2006. "A 19th Century Random Walk: Jules Regnault and the Origins of Scientific Financial Economics," Post-Print halshs-00231959, HAL.
  11. Franck Jovanovic & Geoffrey Poitras, 2006. "Economic Instruments and Theory in the Construction of Henri Lefèvre's "Science of the Stock Market"," Post-Print halshs-00232053, HAL.
  12. Poitras, Geoffrey & Tongzen, Jose & Li, Hongyu, 1996. "Measuring Port Efficiency: An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis," MPRA Paper 113953, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  13. Poitras, Geoffrey, 1994. "Shareholder wealth maximization, business ethics and social responsibility," MPRA Paper 113221, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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Articles

  1. Poitras, Geoffrey, 2025. "More On The Origin Of Financial Economics: Early Contributions To Joint Life Annuity Valuation," Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Cambridge University Press, vol. 47(3), pages 339-362, September.
  2. Poitras, Geoffrey, 2023. "Cobweb Theory, Market Stability, And Price Expectations," Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Cambridge University Press, vol. 45(1), pages 137-161, March.
  3. Geoffrey Poitras, 2021. "Phenomenology and heterodox economics," Review of Social Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 79(2), pages 333-356, April.
  4. Poitras, Geoffrey, 2021. "Rhetoric, epistemology and climate change economics," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 184(C).
  5. Geoffrey Poitras & Frederick Willeboordse, 2021. "The societas publicanorum and corporate personality in roman private law," Business History, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 63(7), pages 1055-1078, September.
  6. Poitras, Geoffrey, 2021. "Origins of arbitrage," Financial History Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 28(1), pages 96-123, April.
  7. Poitras, Geoffrey, 2018. "The pre-history of econophysics and the history of economics: Boltzmann versus the marginalists," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 507(C), pages 89-98.
  8. Geoffrey Poitras & Giovanna Zanotti, 2018. "Housing Market Bubbles and Mortgage Contract Design: Implications for Mortgage Lenders and Households," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 11(3), pages 1-18, July.
  9. Poitras, Geoffrey & Geranio, Manuela, 2016. "Trading of shares in the Societates Publicanorum?," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 95-118.
  10. Poitras, Geoffrey & Zanotti, Giovanna, 2016. "Mortgage contract design and systemic risk immunization," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 45(C), pages 320-331.
  11. Geoffrey Poitras, 2013. "Partial Immunization Bounds And Non-Parallel Term Structure Shifts," Annals of Financial Economics (AFE), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 8(02), pages 1-27.
  12. Geoffrey Poitras, 2013. "Richard Price, miracles and the origins of Bayesian decision theory," The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(1), pages 29-57, February.
  13. Geoffrey Poitras & Franck Jovanovic, 2010. "Pioneers of Financial Economics: Das Adam Smith Irrelevanzproblem?," History of Economics Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 51(1), pages 43-64, January.
  14. Geoffrey Poitras & Lindsay Meredith, 2009. "Ethical Transparency and Economic Medicalization," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 86(3), pages 313-325, May.
  15. Geoffrey Poitras & Chris Veld & Yuriy Zabolotnyuk, 2009. "European Put-Call Parity and the Early Exercise Premium for American Currency Options," Multinational Finance Journal, Multinational Finance Journal, vol. 13(1-2), pages 39-54, March-Jun.
  16. Geoffrey Poitras, 2009. "Business ethics, medical ethics and economic medicalization," International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 4(4), pages 372-389.
  17. Geoffrey Poitras & John Heaney, 2008. ""How Is The Stock Market Doing?" Using Absence Of Arbitrage To Measure Stock Market Performance," Annals of Financial Economics (AFE), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 4(01), pages 1-27.
  18. Mehrling, Perry, 2008. "Poitras Geoffrey, ed. Pioneers of Financial Economics, Vol. I: Contributions Prior to Irving Fisher (Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2006) pp. x, 274, $130. ISBN 978-1-84542-381-0. - Poitras Geoffrey and Franck Jovanovic, eds. Pione," Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Cambridge University Press, vol. 30(3), pages 422-425, September.
  19. Chris Bilson, 2007. "Security Analysis and Investment Strategy ‐ by Geoffrey Poitras," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 83(261), pages 232-233, June.
  20. Geoffrey Poitras, 2007. "Accounting standards for employee stock option disclosure," International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 3(4), pages 473-487.
  21. Poitras, Geoffrey, 2006. "More on the correct use of omnibus tests for normality," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 90(3), pages 304-309, March.
  22. Geoffrey Poitras & Trevor Wilkins & Yoke Shang Kwan, 2002. "The Timing of Asset Sales: Evidence of Earnings Management?," Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 29(7‐8), pages 903-934.
  23. Neal, Larry, 2002. "The Early History of Financial Economics, 1478–1776. By Geoffrey Poitras. Cheltenham and Northampton: Edward Elgar, 2000. Pp. x, 522," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 62(1), pages 268-269, March.
  24. Poitras, Geoffrey, 2002. "Short sales restrictions, dilution and the pricing of rights issues on the Singapore Stock Exchange," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 10(2), pages 141-162, April.
  25. Geoffrey Poitras, 2002. "The philosophy of investment: a Post Keynesian perspective," Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(1), pages 105-121.
  26. Geoffrey Poitras & John Heaney, 1999. "Skewness preference, mean-variance and the demand for put options," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 20(6), pages 327-342.
  27. Poitras, Geoffrey, 1998. "Robert Torrens and the Evolution of the Real Bills Doctrine," Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Cambridge University Press, vol. 20(4), pages 479-498, December.
  28. Geoffrey Poitras, 1998. "Spread options, exchange options, and arithmetic Brownian motion," Journal of Futures Markets, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 18(5), pages 487-517, August.
  29. Poitras, Geoffrey, 1998. "TED Tandems: Arbitrage Restrictions and the US Treasury Bill/Eurodollar Futures Spread," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 7(3), pages 255-276.
  30. Heaney, John & Poitras, Geoffrey, 1994. "Securities Markets, Diffusion State Processes, and Arbitrage-Free Shadow Prices," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Cambridge University Press, vol. 29(2), pages 223-239, June.
  31. Dominic Rechner & Geoffrey Poitras, 1993. "Putting on the crush: Day trading the soybean complex spread," Journal of Futures Markets, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 13(1), pages 61-75, February.
  32. Geoffrey Poitras, 1993. "Hedging and crop insurance," Journal of Futures Markets, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 13(4), pages 373-388, June.
  33. John Heaney & Geoffrey Poitras, 1991. "Estimation of the optimal hedge ratio, expected utility, and ordinary least squares regression," Journal of Futures Markets, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 11(5), pages 603-612, October.
  34. Geoffrey Poitras, 1991. "The When-Issued Market for Government of Canada Treasury Bills," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 24(3), pages 604-623, August.
  35. Geoffrey Poitras, 1990. "The distribution of gold futures spreads," Journal of Futures Markets, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 10(6), pages 643-659, December.
  36. Geoff Poitras, 1989. "Optimal futures spread positions," Journal of Futures Markets, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 9(2), pages 123-133, April.
  37. Geoff Poitras, 1989. "The Market Value of Government of Canada Debt: A Comment on the Importance of Correct Valuation of Non-marketable Debt," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 22(2), pages 395-405, May.
  38. Poitras, Geoffrey, 1988. "Arbitrage boundaries, treasury bills, and covered interest parity," Journal of International Money and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 7(4), pages 429-445.
  39. Geoffrey Poitras, 1987. "“Golden turtle tracks”: In search of unexploited profits in gold spreads," Journal of Futures Markets, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 7(4), pages 397-412, August.
  40. G. Poitras, 1986. "Futures Hedging Policies for the South African Gold Mining Industry1," South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, vol. 54(4), pages 249-255, December.

Chapters

  1. Geoffrey Poitras, 2012. "From the Renaissance Exchanges to Cyberspace: A History of Stock Market Globalization," Chapters, in: Geoffrey Poitras (ed.), Handbook of Research on Stock Market Globalization, chapter 3, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  2. Geoffrey Poitras, 2012. "What Happened on 6 May 2010? Anatomy of the Flash Crash," Chapters, in: Geoffrey Poitras (ed.), Handbook of Research on Stock Market Globalization, chapter 11, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  3. Geoffrey Poitras, 2009. "The Early History of Option Contracts," Springer Books, in: Wolfgang Hafner & Heinz Zimmermann (ed.), Vinzenz Bronzin’s Option Pricing Models, chapter 18, pages 487-518, Springer.

Books

  1. Geoffrey Poitras, 2020. "Rethinking Wealth and Taxes," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 19717, June.
  2. Geoffrey Poitras (ed.), 2012. "Handbook of Research on Stock Market Globalization," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 13048, June.
  3. Geoffrey Poitras & Franck Jovanovic (ed.), 2007. "Pioneers of Financial Economics: Volume 2," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 3823, June.
  4. Geoffrey Poitras (ed.), 2006. "Pioneers of Financial Economics: Volume 1," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 3822, June.
  5. Poitras, Geoffrey, 2002. "Risk Management, Speculation, and Derivative Securities," Elsevier Monographs, Elsevier, edition 1, number 9780125588225.
  6. Geoffrey Poitras, 2000. "The Early History of Financial Economics, 1478–1776," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 2151, June.

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  1. NEP-HIS: Business, Economic and Financial History (2) 2022-05-30 2024-09-30
  2. NEP-HPE: History and Philosophy of Economics (1) 2024-09-30
  3. NEP-PKE: Post Keynesian Economics (1) 2022-05-30

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