Quantifying fluctuations in economic systems by adapting methods of statistical physics

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 287, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 339-361

  Stanley, H E ^a   Gopikrishnan, P ^a   Plerou, V ^a   Amaral, L A N ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; CORRELATION METHODS; ECONOMICS; MATRIX ALGEBRA;

ECONOPHYSICS; RANDOM MATRIX THEORY; STATISTICAL PHYSICS; STOCK PRICE FLUCTUATION;

STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

EID: 0034502119     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(00)00473-8     Document Type: Article

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