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The Origins of Value: The Financial Innovations that Created Modern Capital Markets William N Goetzmann
The Origins of Value: The Financial Innovations that Created Modern Capital Markets
William N Goetzmann
Presenting a survey of financial innovations that have changed the world, this book shows how the world's important financial tools: loans, interest rates, stocks, mutual funds, the coproatin, and stock exchanges came into being. It ranges from the invention of interest in Mesopotamia to the creation of mutual finds and inflation-indexed bonds.
416 pages, 1 map, numerous colour halftones, tables and graphs
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 11, 2005 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195175714 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 416 |
| Dimensions | 228 × 287 × 33 mm · 1.47 kg |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Goetzmann, William N. |
| Editor | Rouwenhorst, K. Geert |