Nature and Development of Econophysics: A Short Report

Paolo Di Sia

Faculty of Economics and Management, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Universit?tsplatz 1, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy.

DOI: 10.4236/tel.[phone]                

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.

Keywords

Econophysics; Economics; Theoretical Physics; Education

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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