Random walks, liquidity molasses and critical response in financial markets

Quantitative Finance

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-123

  Bouchaud, Jean Philippe ^a   Kockelkoren, Julien ^a   Potters, Marc ^a  

^a Science and Finance   (France)

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EID: 33646581989     PISSN: 14697688     EISSN: 14697696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14697680500397623     Document Type: Article

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