This paper is an up-to-date survey of the state-of-the-art in dynamical systems theory relevant to high levels of dynamical complexity, characterizing chaos and near chaos, as commonly found in the physical sciences. The paper also surveys applications in economics and �finance. This survey...

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Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Part 1: Crude Oil Markets -- 1 Unit Root Behavior in Energy Futures Prices -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Data -- 1.3 Empirical Evidence -- 1.3.1 Autocorrelation Based Tests -- 1.3.2 Univariate Tests for Unit Roots -- 1.4 Conclusions -- 2 Rational Expectations, Risk,...