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Equity capital : from ancient partnerships to modern exchange traded funds / Geoffrey Poitras.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Poitras, Geoffrey, 1954- author.
- Series:
- Routledge international studies in business history ; 32.
- Routledge International Studies in Business History ; 32
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Stocks--History.
- Stocks.
- Stock exchanges--History.
- Stock exchanges.
- Finance--History.
- Finance.
- Investments--Law and legislation.
- Investments.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (566 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Despite a widespread general interest in the topic, there are relatively few historical treatments of equity security valuation available that conform to academic standards. Equity Capital looks to address this imbalance in the literature by presenting historical approaches to the valuation of equity securities, from ancient times, to the emergence of tradeable equity claims in the 1600s, to Securities Act and Securities and Exchange Act in the 1930s, and into the modern era. This book provides material relevant for academic presentations of equity valuation history and methods, and is targeted at researchers, academics, students and professionals alike.
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Prologue; Part I Equity Capital Prior to Joint-Stock Companies; 1 Etymology and Legal Concepts; 2 Equity Shares in Antiquity; 3 Societas, Usury and Risk; Part II From Commenda to Joint-Stock Company; 4 The Evolution of Accounting and Commercial Arithmetic; 5 Characteristics of Early Joint-Stock Companies; 6 The Early Markets for Trading in Shares; Part III The Rise of Limited Liability Corporations; 7 Mania, Manipulation and Joint-Stock Valuation; 8 Joint-Stock, Limited Liability and Incorporation; 9 Stocks, Shares and the Science of Investments
- Part IV Conceiving Modern Equity Capital10 Old Finance and Modern Finance; 11 The Separation of Ownership and Control; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-315-74407-4
- 1-317-59103-8
- 1-317-59102-X
- 9781315744070
- OCLC:
- 948337468
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