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Springer - Building the Global Market: History of Derivatives

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Explore the vast evolution of financial markets with Building the Global Market: A 4000 Year History of Derivatives by Springer. While derivatives trading currently drives a massive global business with daily turnovers exceeding US USD2.5 trillion, their origins date back thousands of years. This work provides a deep look into the long history of trading and regulation that is often overlooked in modern finance texts. This book tracks the development of derivative contracts and their assignability from ancient Mesopotamia to the modern era. Readers will gain a comprehensive understanding of how these markets have been regulated over millennia. The text concludes with an analysis of future regulatory prospects and the implications of these historical patterns on the modern financial landscape.

Key Features

This Springer publication provides a comprehensive 4000 year history of derivative contracts and trading.

Trace the evolution of financial markets from ancient Mesopotamia to the present day.

Examine the regulation of derivatives markets and the history of contract assignability.

Analyze future regulatory prospects based on the long-term historical development of the industry.

Understand the context of a global business that sees daily turnovers of over US USD2.5 trillion.

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hardcover
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Amazon UK
Release Date
01 February 2000
Listed Since
05 February 2007

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