From tools to theories: The emergence of modern financial economics
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history of finance; portfolio theory; business schools; modern financial economics; modelling; theories of modern financial economics; risk management; positivism; professionalization; methodology of finance;NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ALL-2011-12-13 (All new papers)
- NEP-HIS-2011-12-13 (Business, Economic & Financial History)
- NEP-HPE-2011-12-13 (History & Philosophy of Economics)
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