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Complexity in Financial Markets

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Why did physicists start to be interested in economics, finance, and in general in the social sciences? Why and how can physics make an effective contribution to the description and understanding of these disciplines?

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Cristelli, M. (2014). Introduction. In: Complexity in Financial Markets. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00723-6_1

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