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So far, financial sociology has observed only certain areas of financial markets empirically and made them accessible. In particular, these areas have the following characteristics: orientation towards traders; speed due to technically developed long-distance communications, providing simultaneous availability of information; and the formation of financial market practices based on mathematical models. This paper attempts to widen the sociological perspective on financial markets, and to describe other financial market practices.
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Kalthoff, H., Vormbusch, U. (2010). Representing and Modelling: The Case of Portfolio Management. In: Amato, M., Doria, L., Fantacci, L. (eds) Money and Calculation. Bocconi on Management Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230298019_9
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