Econophysics and economic complexity

Advances in Complex Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 745-760

  Rosser, J Barkley ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubbles and crashes; Complexity; Econophysics; Emergence

Indexed keywords

EID: 57249084071     PISSN: 02195259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219525908001957     Document Type: Article

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