An engine, not a camera : how financial models shape markets /

This pioneering work in the social studies of finance describes how the emergence of modern finance theory has affected financial markets in fundamental ways. Paraphrasing Milton Friedman, the author says that economic models are an engine of inquiry rather than a camera to reproduce empirical facts...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: MacKenzie, Donald A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2006.
Colección:Inside technology.
Temas:
Capital market > Mathematical models.
Derivative securities > Mathematical models.
Financial crises > Mathematical models.
Financial crises > Case studies.
Marché financier > Modèles mathématiques.
Instruments dérivés (Finances) > Modèles mathématiques.
Crises financières > Modèles mathématiques.
Crises financières > Études de cas.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Finance.
Capital market > Mathematical models
Derivative securities > Mathematical models
Financial crises
Financial crises > Mathematical models
Finanztheorie
Kreditmarkt
Mathematisches Modell
Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Kapitaalmarkt.
Effectenhandel.
Financiële crises.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
ECONOMICS/Finance
ECONOMICS/General
Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This pioneering work in the social studies of finance describes how the emergence of modern finance theory has affected financial markets in fundamental ways. Paraphrasing Milton Friedman, the author says that economic models are an engine of inquiry rather than a camera to reproduce empirical facts.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 377 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-368) and index.
ISBN:9780262278805
0262278804
1423774485
9781423774488
9780262250047
0262250047
9780262633673
0262633671
0262134608
9780262134606

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