This chapter reviews recent research adopting methods from statistical physics in theoretical or empirical work in economics and finance. The bulk of what has recently become known as 'econophysics' in broader circles draws its motivation from observed scaling laws in financial markets and the...

This review deals with several microscopic models of financial markets which have been studied by economists and physicists over the last decade: Kim- Markowitz, Levy-Levy-Solomon, Cont-Bouchaud, Solomon-Weisbuch, Lux-Marchesi, Donangelo-Sneppen and Solomon-Levy-Huang. After an overview of...

"A large amount of activity in the financial sector occurs in secondary financial markets, where securities are traded among investors without capital flowing to firms. The stock market is the archetypal example, which in most developed economies captures a lot of attention and resources. Is the...

Die Forschung zum Gebiet der Marktmikrostruktur hat in den letzten zwanzig Jahren einen beachtlichen Aufschwung erfahren. Dies gilt für die theoretische und empirische Forschung gleichermaßen. Mittlerweile ist die Literatur schwer zu überschauen. Allein die modelltheoretischen Beiträge sind...