Vinzenz Bronzin<U+0019>s Option Pricing Models Exposition and Appraisal /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hafner, Wolfgang. (Editor), Zimmermann, Heinz. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Economics.; History.; Economics > Methodology.; Banks and banking.; Economics/Management Science.; Finance /Banking.; Methodology and the History of Economic Thought.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85711-2

In 1908, Vinzenz Bronzin, a professor of mathematics at the Accademia di Commercio e Nautica in Trieste, published a booklet in German entitled Theorie der Prm̃iengeschf̃te (Theory of Premium Contracts) which is an old type of option contract. Almost like Bachelier<U+0019>s now famous disserta...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: How I discovered Bronzin's book
• About Vinzenz Bronzin, personal life and his work
• Part A: Facsimilie of Bronzin's Original Treatise
• Theorie der Prm̃iengeschf̃te - Part B: Tranlation of Bronzin's Treatise
• Theory of Premium Contracts
• Part C: Background and Appraisal of Bronzin's Work
• A review and evaluation of Bronzin's contribution from a financial economics perspective
• Beyond finance: The probabilistic background of Bronzin's work
• The Accademia and the eduactional system
• Part D: Background Developments
• Cultural and socio-historical background
• Trieste
• Finance, economics, and actuarial science.