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Nature and Development of Econophysics: A Short Report
Faculty of Economics and Management, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Universit?tsplatz 1, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
- 1 Faculty of Economics and Management, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Universit?tsplatz 1, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
Theoretical Economics Letters·Volume 02 (2012)·Pages 183–185·Published 23 May 2012·DOI10.4236/tel.2012.22032
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Abstract
In this work I offer a brief non-technical, but rigorous report of econophysics; starting from the relations between physics and economics, I focus my considerations about the studied problems and the utilized methods, arriving to present an interesting view concerning the present of the discipline and some lines of the current research referred to theoretical physics.
KeywordsEconophysicsEconomicsTheoretical PhysicsEducation
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