The World's First Stock Exchange /

The World's First Stock Exchange / / Lodewijk Petram.

The launch of the Dutch East India Company in 1602 initiated Amsterdam's transformation from a regional market town into a dominant financial center. The Company introduced easily transferable shares, and within days buyers had begun to trade them. Soon the public was engaging in a variety of c...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
VerfasserIn:
Petram, Lodewijk,
TeilnehmendeR:
Richards, Lynne.
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Series:Columbia Business School Publishing
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.) :; 20 illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • 1. A World-Famous Book
  • 2. A New Company
  • 3. Early Share Trading
  • 4. Angry Shareholders
  • 5. Fraud
  • 6. The First Boom
  • 7. Jewish Traders
  • 8. Information
  • 9. Trading Clubs
  • 10. Speculation
  • 11. Crisis
  • 12. The World-Famous Book Again
  • Epilogue
  • Acknowledgments and Overview of Literature and Sources
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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