What counts? Exploring the production of quantitative financial narratives in London's corporate finance industry

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 661-678

  Hall, Sarah ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate finance analysts; Investment banks; London.; Quantitative financial narratives

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INVESTMENT; MODELING; RESEARCH;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34047240104     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbl008     Document Type: Article

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