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On the Role of Paradigms in Finance, PDF eBook

On the Role of Paradigms in Finance PDF

Part of the Alternative Voices in Contemporary Economics series

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Social theory can usefully be conceived in terms of four key paradigms: functionalist, interpretive, radical humanist and radical structuralist.

The four paradigms are founded upon different assumptions about the nature of society and each generates distinctive theories, concepts and analytical tools.

Finance theory is based on the functionalist paradigm and for the most part finance theorists are unaware of the philosophical tradition to which they belong.

By relating finance to the four paradigms, Ardalan's work offers a concise understanding of the multifaceted nature of finance.

He recommends theorists adopt a diversity of paradigms and discusses its benefits by application to the following phenomena: the development of academic finance, the mathematical language of academic finance, the mathematics of academic finance, money, corporate governance, markets, technology and education.

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