History of Corporate Finance

Zusammenfassung An overview of the role of institutions and organizations in the development of corporate finance from the Renaissance through contemporary Wall Street! this study puts forward a compelling argument for the closer integration of historical and quantitative research methodologies in financial theory. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. History and the modern theory of finance; 2. Medieval and Renaissance origins; 3. Corporate finance in an age of global exploration: trading companies and oceanic discovery, 1450-1720; 4. The emergence of public markets for investment securities, 1688-1815; 5. Finance in an age of canals and railroads, 1775-1900; 6. Common stock finance and the rise of managerial capitalism, 1900-1940; 7. The financing of center firms, 1940-1973; 8. Conglomerates and leveraged buy-out partnerships; Appendix one: Finance and informational asymmetries in the ancient world; Appendix two: International patterns of corporate governance; Epilogue.

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• Authors: Jonathan Baskin, Jonathan Barron Baskin, Jonathan Barron (Baruch College Baskin, Jonathan Barron Miranti Baskin, Baskin Jonathan Barron, Jr Miranti, Jr. Miranti, Paul J. Miranti Jr
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.1997
• EAN: 9780521555142
• ISBN: 978-0-521-55514-2
• No. of pages: 364
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / Modern / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Budgeting, Economic history, Budgeting and financial management