Wealth condensation in a simple model of economy

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 282, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 536-545

  Bouchaud, Jean Philippe ^a,b   Mézard, Marc ^c  

^a SERVICE DE PHYSIQUE DE L ETAT CONDENSÉ   (France)

^b Science and Finance   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE STATISTIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARETO PRINCIPLE; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SALES;

DIRECTED POLYMER PROBLEM; MEAN FIELD LIMIT; MONETARY UNITS; PARETO DISTRIBUTION; WEALTH CONDENSATION;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 0343390226     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(00)00205-3     Document Type: Article

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