Applications of statistical mechanics to economics: Entropic origin of the probability distributions of money, income, and energy consumption

Social Fairness and Economics: Economic Essays in the Spirit of Duncan Foley

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 53-82

  Yakovenko, Victor M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84891708658     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203109502     Document Type: Chapter

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