Can statistical physics contribute to the science of economics?

Fractals

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 415-425

  Stanley, Michael H R ^a   Amaral, Luís A N ^a   Buldyrev, Sergey V ^a   Havlin, Shlomo ^a   Leschhorn, Heiko ^a   Maass, Phillipp ^a   Salinger, Michael A ^b   Stanley, H Eugene ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 3142552848     PISSN: 0218348X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218348X96000546     Document Type: Article

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