Critical market crashes

Physics Reports

Volumn 378, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-98

  Sornette, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUT NON LINÉAIRE DE NICE   (France)

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EID: 0037379974     PISSN: 03701573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0370-1573(02)00634-8     Document Type: Review

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