Book Review of “On the Role of Paradigms in Finance” (Ardalan, 2008)

Drakopoulos, Stavros A. (2009): Book Review of “On the Role of Paradigms in Finance” (Ardalan, 2008). Published in: South-Eastern Europe Journal of Economics , Vol. 2, (2009): pp. 257-259.

Abstract

This working paper discusses K. Ardalan's book "On the Role of Paradigms in Finance".

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Economic Methodology; Finance
• Subjects: B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B4 - Economic Methodology > B40 - General; G - Financial Economics > G0 - General > G00 - General

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