Econophysics applies the techniques of physics and nonlinear dynamics to complex economic problems. This essay invokes econophysics in order to introduce a theoretical model that aspires to encompass all essential features of real financial markets. It summarizes the central argument of my book,...

Truth routinely manifests itself through mathematics. Just as law uses words to animate its enterprise, nature speaks through the language of mathematics. Through this volume, Illustrating Finance Policy with Mathematica, Nicholas L. Georgakopoulos enriches the Palgrave Macmillan, series,...

This book explains how investor behavior, from mental accounting to the combustible interplay of hope and fear, affects financial economics. The transformation of portfolio theory begins with the identification of anomalies. Gaps in perception and behavioral departures from rationality spur...