Worrying trends in econophysics

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 370, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-6

  Gallegati, Mauro ^a   Keen, Steve ^b   Lux, Thomas ^c   Ormerod, Paul ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d Volterra Consulting   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Econophysics; Scaling laws; Statistical exchange models

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FINANCE; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ECONOPHYSICS; SCALING LAWS; STATISTICAL EXCHANGE MODELS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 33747344009     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2006.04.029     Document Type: Article

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