TY  - BOOK
AU  - Poitras,Geoffrey
TI  - The early history of financial economics, 1478-1776: from commercial arithmetic to life annuities and joint stocks 
SN  - 1840644559 (hbk)
AV  - HG101 .P65 2000
U1  - 332.09 
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA
PB  - Edward Elgar
KW  - Stocks
KW  - Business mathematics
KW  - Life annuities
KW  - Finance
KW  - Economics
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 501-515) and index
N2  - The author provides an exhaustive account of the early development of the subject, from the appearance of the first printed commercial arithmetic in 1478 to the publication of the Wealth of Nations in 1776 and a sound basis for the study of modern financial economics
ER  -