Some physicists claim their modelling and data-analysis techniques can change the way we view stock markets. But mainstream economists have yet to be convinced, explains Mark Buchanan.
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Buchanan, M. The physics of the trading floor. Nature 415, 10–12 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/415010a
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