PyMOL Download. [The site will ask for an email. Type in: hes@bu.edu]

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(Semester II -- 2018)

Homework assignment 18-01.

Homework solutions 18-01.

Homework assignment 18-02.

Homework solutions 18-02.

Homework assignment 18-03.

Homework solutions 18-03.

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(Semester II -- 2018)

Slides used in Talk given by David Sou.

Slides used in Talk given by Tong (Owen) Yang.

Slides used in Talk given by Weijun Luo.

Term Paper by Christopher Chung. "Time Horizon Based Analysis of Favorite Hedge Fund Equities"

Term Paper by Joseph Kass. "Investigation of the Effects of Supply and Demand on the Stock Market"

Term Paper by Zach Collins. "University Tuition Correlations"

Term Paper by Katarzyna Bieniek. "The Dependence Between Volatility Magnitude and Time until the Return to Standard Volatility"

Term Paper by Babatunde Alford. "The Price of Climate Change"

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(Semester II -- 2017)

Homework assignment 17-01.

Homework solutions 17-01.

Homework assignment 17-02.

Sample high-frequency data set for Homework assignment 17-02.

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(Semester II -- 2016)

Homework assignment 16-01.

Homework assignment 16-02.

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(Semester II -- 2017)

Slides used in Lecture #1 given on 20 January 2017.

Slides used in Lecture #2 given on 27 January 2017.

Slides used in Lecture #3 given on 3 February 2017.

Slides used in Lecture #5 given on 31 March 2017.

Slides used in Student Presentation by George Pantelopulos on 21 April 2017.

Slides used in Student Presentation by Jessica Allen on 21 April 2017.

Slides used in Talk given by Xiangyi Meng on 3 February 2017.

Slides used in Talk given by Tomasz Gubiec on 17 February 2017.

Slides used in Talk given by Xiangyi Meng on 24 February 2017.

Slides used in Talk given by Andrea Fenu (a real trader!) on 24 February 2017.

Slides used in Talk given by Andrea Fenu on 3 March 2017.

Slides used in Talk given by Xiangyi Meng on 31 March 2017.

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S. A. Cheong "Econophysics: An Experimental Course for Advanced Undergraduates in the Nanyang Technological University" IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review 2[2], 79-99 (2013).

M. Shubik and E. Smith "The Guidance of an Enterprise Economy" [22 January 2015]

J. Gao, Y.-C. Zhang, and T. Zhou "Computational Socioeconomics" Physics Reports 817, 1-104 (2019).

Albert-László Barabási "Network Science: Luck or Reason" Nature 489, 507-508 (2012).

F. M. Siokis "Multifractal Analysis of Stock Exchange Crashes" Physica A 392, 1164-1171 (2013).

J.-P. Bouchaud "The Subtle Nature of Financial Random Walks" Chaos 15, 026104 (2005).

A. Edelman and Y. Wang "Random Matrix Theory and its Innovative Applications" (preprint).

H. Kleinert and X.-J. Chen "Boltzmann Distribution and Market Temperature" Physica A 382, 513-518 (2007).

J.-P. Bouchaud "Economics Needs a Scientific Revolution" Nature 455, 1181 (2008).

G. Chortareas, Y. Jiang, and J. C. Nankervis "The Random-Walk Behavior of the Euro Exchange Rate" Finance Research Letters 7, 158-162 (2011).

A. Smolyak, O. Levy, L. Shekhtman, and S. Havlin "Interdependent Networks in Economics and Finance: A Physics Approach" Physica A 512, 612-619 (2018).

T. Di Matteo, T. Aste, and M. M. Dacorogna "Long-Term Memories of Developed and Emerging Markets: Using Scaling Analysis to Characterize Their Stage of Development" J. Banking & Finance 29, 827-851 (2005).

W. Willinger, M. S. Taqqu, and V. Teverovsky "Stock Market Prices and Long-Range Dependence" Finance Stochast. 3, 1-13 (1999).

T. Di Matteo "Multi-Scaling in Finance" Quantitative Finance 7[1], 21-36 (2007).

A. W. Lo "Long-Term Memory in Stock Market Prices" Econometrica 59[5], 1279-1313 (1991).

S. Begušić, Z. Kostanjčar, H. E. Stanley, and B. Podobnik "Scaling Properties of Extreme Price Fluctuations in Bitcoin Markets" Physica A xxx, xxx-xxx (2018).

G. Poitras "The Pre-History of Econophysics and the History of Economics: Boltzmann versus the Marginalists" Physica A 507, 89-98 (2018).

L. Sandoval Junior "A Map of the Brazilian Stock Market" arXiv:1107.4146v2 (2018).

J. L. McCauley Dynamics of Markets: Econophysics and Finance (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2004). E1840 in the Center for Polymer Studies Library

A. B. Schmidt Quantitative Finance for Physicists: An Introduction (Academic Press: Advanced Finance, 2004). E1387 in the Center for Polymer Studies Library

D. Sornette Why Stock Markets Crash: Critical Events in Complex Financial Systems (Princeton University Press, Princeton, 2004). E995 in the Center for Polymer Studies Library

B. M. Roehner Patterns of Speculation: A Study in Observational Econophysics (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2005). E908 in the Center for Polymer Studies Library

J.-P. Bouchaud Theory of Financial Risk and Derivative Pricing: From Statistical Physics to Risk Management (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2009). E1144 in the Center for Polymer Studies Library

U. Garibaldi Finitary Probabilistic Methods in Econophysics (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2010). E1785 in the Center for Polymer Studies Library

H. Aoyama, Y. Fujiwara, Y. Ikeda, and H. Iyetomi Econophysics and Companies: Statistical Life and Death in Complex Business Networks (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2011). E2087 in the Center for Polymer Studies Library

F. Slanina Essentials of Econophysics Modelling (Oxford Higher Education, 2011). E1953 in the Center for Polymer Studies Library

S. Dumais, M. J. Hawrylycz, J. Hill, B. Schölkopf, J. S. Sekhon, and R. M. Shiffrin Drawing Causal Inference from Big Data Natl. Acad. Sciences: Arthur M. Sackler Colloquia (26-27 March 2015). E2073 in the Center for Polymer Studies Library

F. Slanina
Essentials of Econophysics Modelling
(Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2014).
E2082 in the Center for Polymer Studies Library

M. Taillard Market Insanity: A Brief Guide to Diagnosing the Madness in the Stock Market (Academic Press, London, 2018).

R. Kutner and D. Grech "Report on Foundation and Organization of Econophysics Graduate Courses at Faculty of Physics of University of Warsaw and Department of Physics and Astronomy of the Wrocław University" Acta Physica Polonica A 114[3], 637-647 (2008).

L. da Fontoura Costa, O. N. Oliveira Jr., G. Travieso, F. Aparecido Rodrigues, P. R. Villas Boas, L. Antiqueira, M. Palhares Viana, and L. E. Correa Rocha "Analyzing and Modeling Real-World Phenomena with Complex Networks: A Survey of Applications" Advances in Physics 60[3], 329-412 (2011).

F. Jovanovic and C. Schinckus "Breaking Down the Barriers between Econophysics and Financial Economics" International Review of Financial Analysis 47 (2016).

E. J. de Area Leão Pereira, M. F. da Silva, and H. B. B. Pereira "Econophysics: Past and Present" Physica A 473, 251-261 (2017).

C. A. Zapart "Econophysics: A Challenge to Econometricians" Physica A 419, 318-327 (2015).

J. McCauley, B. Roehner, H. E. Stanley, and C. Schinckus "Editorial: The 20th Anniversary of Econophysics: Where we are and where we are going" International Review of Financial Analysis 47, 267-269 (2016).

C. Schinckus "Is Econophysics a New Discipline? The Neopositivist Argument" Physica A 389, 3814-3821 (2010).

M. Ausloos, F. Jovanovic, and C. Schinckus "On the "Usual" Misunderstandings between Econophysics and Finance: Some Clarifications on Modelling Approaches and Efficient Market Hypothesis" International Review of Financial Analysis 47, 7-14 (2016).

Y. Fujiwara, W. Souma, H. Aoyama, T. Kaizoji, and M. Aoki "Growth and Fluctuations of Personal Income" Physica A 321, 598-604 (2003).

V. Plerou, P. Gopikrishnan, B. Rosenow, L. A. N. Amaral, and H. E. Stanley "Universal and Nonuniversal Properties of Cross Correlations in Financial Time Series" Phys. Rev. Lett. 83[7], 1471-1474 (1999).

F. Schweitzer "Sociophysics" Physics Today 71[2], 40-46 (2018).

X. Gabaix "Power Laws in Economics: An Introduction" Journal of Economic Perspectives 30[1], 185-206 (2016).

B. O'Connor "Zipf's Law and World City Populations" AI and Social Science (24 May 2009).

D. L. Turcotte "Fractals in Petrology" Lithos 65, 261-271 (2002).

L. Kristoufek "Can Google Trends Search Queries Contribute to Risk Diversification?" Nature Scientific Reports 3, 2713 (2013).

L. Kristoufek "BitCoin meets Google Trends and Wikipedia: Quantifying the Relationship between Phenomena of the Internet Era" Nature Scientific Reports 3, 3415 (2013).

D. Sornette "Critical Market Crashes" Physics Reports 378, 1-98 (2003).

T. Preis "Econophysics: Complex Correlations and Trend Switchings in Financial Time Series" Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 194, 5-86 (2011).

H. Takayasu [ed] Empirical Science of Financial Fluctuations: The Advent of Econophysics (Springer-Verlag, Tokyo, 2002). E979 in the Center for Polymer Studies Library

H. Aoyama, Y. Fujiwara, Y. Ikeda, H. Iyetomi, and W. Souma Econophysics and Companies: Statistical Life and Death in Complex Business Networks (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK, 2010). E2087 in the Center for Polymer Studies Library

H. Aoyama, Y. Fujiwara, Y. Ikeda, H. Iyetomi, W. Souma, and H. Yoshikawa Macro-Econophysics: New Studies on Economic Networks and Synchronization (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK, 2017). E2063 in the Center for Polymer Studies Library

J. Bun, J.-P. Bouchaud, and M. Potters "Cleaning Large Correlation Matrices: Tools from Random Matrix Theory" Physics Reports 666, 1-109 (2017).

C. Tsallis "Economics and Finance: q-Statistical Stylized Features Galore" Entropy 19, 457 (2017).

F. Jovanovic and C. Schinckus "The Emergence of Econophysics: A New Approach in Modern Financial Theory" History of Political Economy 454, 443-474 (2013).

H. Aouama, Y. Fujiwara, H. Iyetomi, and A.-H. Sato [eds] "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Economy: Proceedings of the YITP Workshop on Econophysics" Prog. Theor. Phys. Suppl. 194, 1-222 (2012).

R. Zhou, R. Cai, and G. Tong "Applications of Entropy in Finance: A Review" Entropy 15, 4909-4931 (2013).

M. Kolanovic "Why We Have a Correlation Bubble" J. P. Morgan: Global Equity Derivatives & Delta One Strategy (5 October 2010).

E. E. Peters Fractal Market Analysis: Applying Chaos Theory to Investment and Economics (John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1994).

L. Calvert and A. Fisher Multifractal Volatility: Theory, Forecasting, and Pricing (Academic Press, New York).

A. Avakian "Dynamic Modeling of Systemic Risk in Financial Networks" [Dissertation]

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(Semester II -- 2016)

Slides used in Lecture #1 given on 22 January 2016.

Slides used in Lecture #2 given on 29 January 2016.

Slides used in Lecture #3 given on 5 February 2016.

Slides used in Lecture #5 given on 19 February 2016.

Michael A. Salinger Lecture slides "A Statistical Physics Implementation of Coase's Theory of the Firm"

P. Di Sia "Nature and Development of Econophysics: A Short Report" Theoretical Economics Letters 2, 183-185 (2012).

S. V. Buldyrev, M. A. Salinger, and H. E. Stanley "A Statistical Physics Implementation of Coase's Theory of the Firm" Research in Economics 70, 536-557 (2016).

J. P. Huang "Experimental Econophysics: Complexity, Self-Organization, and Emergent Properties" Physics Reports 564, 1-55 (2015).

R. H. Coase "The Nature of the Firm" Economica 4[16], 386-405 (1937).

E. J. D. L. Pereira, M. F. da Silva, and H. B. D. Pereira "Econophysics: Past and Present" Manuscript submitted to Physica A (2016).

Kevin Sanders Slides used in Presentation "Politics and Finance: Comparing Data"

Kevin Sanders Student Project "Polling and Finance: An Initial Comparison"

Jingjin Wei Slides used in Presentation "Linear and Nonlinear Preferential Attachment: Zipf's Law and Applications"

Jingjin Wei Student Project "Application of Zipf's Law and Its Connection to Network Theory"

Paul Z. Hanakata Slides used in Presentation "Liquidity in Markets and Its Impacts during Recession"

Paul Z. Hanakata Student Project "Liquidity in Markets and Its Impacts during Recession"

Ganyu Lian, Qiuxuan Lin, and Aleena Polansky Slides used in Presentation "Optimizing Portfolio based on Stock Market Latent Structure"

Ganyu Lian and Qiuxuan Lin Student Project "Optimizing Portfolio based on Stock Market Latent Structure"

Xiangyi Meng and Jing Ma Slides used in Presentation "A Quantum-Mechanics Framework of Dynamic Economics"

Gilbert Hall Slides used in Presentation "Variance of Stock Returns"

Gilbert Hall Student Project "Variance of Stock Returns"

Nathan C. Frey Slides used in Presentation "Firm Growth After Dotcom"

Nathan C. Frey Student Project "Firm Growth After Dotcom"

Arshan Tarapore Student Project "Methods of Pricing American Options"

Arshan Tarapore [Department of Economics, Boston University] Slides used in Presentation "Methods of Pricing American Options"

Arshan Tarapore: Six Resources to Accompany Presentation

[1] R. C. Merton "Theory of Rational Option Pricing" The Bell Journal of Economics and Management Science 4[1], 141-183 (1973).

[2] F. Black and M. Scholes "The Pricing of Options and Corporate Liabilities" Journal of Political Economy 81[3], 637-654 (1973).

[3] J. C. Cox, S. A. Ross, and M. Rubinstein "Option Pricing: A Simplified Approach" Journal of Financial Economics 7, 229-263 (1979).

[4] F. A. Longstaff and E. S. Schwartz "Valuing American Options by Simulation: A Simple Least-Squares Approach" The Review of Financial Studies 14[1], 113-147 (2001).

[5] G. Barone-Adesi and R. E. Whaley "Efficient Analytic Approximation of American Option Values" The Journal of Finance XLII[2], 301-320 (1987).

[6] N. Ju and R. Zhong "An Approximate Formula for Pricing American Options" Journal of Derivatives (Winter, 1999).

Jalil Farid Slides used in Seminar "Ising Models and Contagion Pricing: Simulation and Phenomenology"

A. Kyrtsos (Teaching Fellow) Slides used in Lecture "Random Walks in Physics and Finance"

A. Kyrtsos (Teaching Fellow) Slides used in Lecture given on 26 February 2016 "Options and The Black-Scholes-Merton Model"

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Course Resources

H. Inaoka, H. Takayasu, T. Shimizu, T. Ninomiya, and K. Taniguchi "Self-Similarity of Banking Network" Physica A 339, 621-634 (2004).

M. Bee, M. Riccaboni, and S. Schiavo "Pareto versus Lognormal: A Maximum Entropy Test" Phys. Rev. E 84, 026104 (2011).

M. Bee, M. Riccaboni, and S. Schiavo "The Size Distribution of US Cities: Not Pareto, Even in the Tail" Economics Letters 120, 232-237 (2013).

E. G. J. Luttmer "Selection, Growth, and the Size Distribution of Firms" The Quarterly Journal of Economics 122[3], 1103-1144 (2007).

E. G. J. Luttmer "On the Mechanics of Firm Growth" Review of Economic Studies 78, 1042-1068 (2011).

A. Dragulescu and V. M. Yakovenko "Statistical Mechanics of Money" Eur. Phys. J. B 17, 723-729 (2000).

D. G. Champernowne "A Model of Income Distribution" The Economic Journal 63[250], 318-351 (1953).

US Geological Survey Chart of the 15 April 2016 Earthquake (M7.0) in Kyushu, Japan.

E. G. Haug and N. N. Taleb "Why We Have Never Used the Black-Scholes-Merton Option Pricing Formula" Wilmont Magazine (January 2008).

Y. Obayashi, P. Protter, and S. Yang "The Lifetime of a Financial Bubble" Math. Finan. Econ. DOI 10.1007/s11579-016-0170-z (2016).

S. Battiston, J. D. Farmer, A. Flache, D. Garlaschelli, A. G. Haldane, H. Heesterbeek, C. Hommes, C. Jaeger, R. May, and M. Scheffer "Complexity Theory and Financial Regulation" Science 351[6275], 818-819 (2016).

B. K. Chakrabarti "Can Economics Afford Not To Become Natural Science?" arXiv:1602.08248v1 [physics.hist-ph] 26 Feb 2016.

J. C. Hull Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, 8th Edition (Prentice Hall, New York, 2012).

A. Chakraborti, I. M. Toke, M. Patriarca, and F. Abergel "Econophysics Review: I. Empirical Facts" Quantitative Finance 11[7], 991-1012 (2011).

A. Chakraborti, I. M. Toke, M. Patriarca, and F. Abergel "Econophysics Review: II. Agent-Based Models" Quantitative Finance 11[7], 1013-1041 (2011).

V. Plerou, P. Gopikrishnan, B. Rosenow, L. A. N. Amaral, T. Guhr, and H. E. Stanley "A Random Matrix Approach to Financial Cross-Correlations" Physical Review E 65, 066126 (2002).

O. Peters and A. Adamou "Stochastic Market Efficiency" arXiv:1101.4548v1 [q-fin.GN] 24 Jan 2011.

O. Peters and M. Gell-Mann "Evaluating Gambles Using Dynamics" Chaos 26, 023103 (2016).

S. Redner "Random Multiplicative Processes: An Elementary Tutorial" American Journal of Physics 58, 267-273 (1990).

D. Stauffer and H. E. Stanley From Newton to Mandelbrot: A Primer in Theoretical Physics Chapter 5: "Fractals in Theoretical Physics" (Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg).

Slides used in Pardee Seminar given by Marco Raberto on 27 January 2016 "Credit-Driven Bubbles and Crises in the Macroeconomic and Financial System: The Eurace Agent-Based Modelling Approach"

The classic 1924 paper by Yule proposing what is now called the Yule distribution: "A Mathematical Theory of Evolution Based on the Conclusions of Dr. J. Willis, F.R.S."

A review of the classic book by Harvard Professor George Kingsley Zipf proposing what is now called the Zipf distribution: G. K. Zipf, Human Behavior and the Principle of Least Effort: An Introduction to Human Ecology (Addison-Wesley, Cambridge MA, 1949).

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The following titles are available for borrowing in Room SCI 204D:

G. Samid
Tethered Money: Managing Digital Currency Transactions
(Elsevier Academic Press, Amsterdam, 2015). E2012

A. Clément-Grandcourt and H. Fraysse
Hazardous Forecasts and Crisis Scenario Generator
(Elsevier ISTE Press, London, 2015). E2013

S. Darolles and C. Gourieroux
Contagion Phenomena with Applications in Finance
(Elsevier ISTE Press, London, 2015). E2014

A. A. Gushchin
Stochastic Calculus for Quantitative Finance
(Elsevier ISTE Press, London, 2015). E2015

E. Jurczenko [ed]
Risk-Based and Factor Investing
(Elsevier ISTE Press, London, 2015). E2016

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Some items of possible interest from Spring Term 2015:

Homework assignment 15-01 due 11 February 2015.

Solutions to assignment 15-01 (in random order).

Homework assignment 15-02.

Slides used in Lecture given on 29 January 2015.

Slides used in Lectures 1-3.

Slides used in Lectures 4-5.

Materials used in Presentations by Chester Curme chester.curme@googlemail.com "Statistically-Validated Networks" "Matrix Differentiation" "An Introduction to Portfolio Theory" "Random Matrix Approach to Cross Correlations in Financial Data"

Materials used in Presentation by Professor Sergey Buldyrev buldyrev@verizon.net "Generalized Preferential Attachment Model" [Power Point] [PDF]

Slides used in Presentations by Antonio Majdanzic antem.bu.edu "Dynamical Phenomena in Single and Interacting Networks" Presentation given on 17 March 2015 Presentation given on 19 March 2015 Presentation given on 31 March 2015 -- also -- His 2014 Nature Physics Paper

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Slides from the Short Class Presentations:

Slides used in Presentation by Duan Wang "Application of Statistical Physics in Time Series Analysis" [Power Point] [PDF]

Slides used in Presentation by Jan Makkinje "The Effect of Failure sites in the Asset Exchange Model"

Slides used in Presentation by Haichen Zhan "Markowitz Efficient Frontier" [Power Point] [PDF]

Slides used in Presentation by Sebastian Gemsheim "Time-Lagged Partial Correlations of Financial Time Series with High Dimensional Conditions"

Slides used in Presentation by Efe Yigitbasi "PCA as a Tool for Analyzing the Market"

Slides used in Presentation by Alexandros Kyrtsos "Options Pricing using Monte Carlo Simulations"

Slides used in Presentation by François Guay "A Markov-Switching Stochastic Volatility Model with Jumps"

Slides used in Presentation by Sakib Matin "Geometric Asset Exchange Market"

Slides used in Presentation by Jonathan Wurtz "Econophysics of EVE Online" [Lite Version] [Full Version] [Power Point] [PDF]

Slides used in Presentation by Chonkit ("Jack") Pun and Tianchi Chen "A Study on the Foreign Exchange Market"

Slides used in Presentation by Adam Avakian "Banking Systems under Network Theory: Venezuela, 1998-2013" [Power Point] [PDF]

Slides used in Presentation by Nathan Bernier "Autocorrelation and Collective Dynamics: What is Twitch Plays Pokemon?"

Slides used in Presentation by Shawn Leahy "Structural Differences of the Brazilian Stock Market" [Power Point] [PDF]

Slides used in Presentation by James Silva "An Econophysics Approach to Quantifying Teamwork in Basketball"

Slides used in Presentation by Robert Singarella "Basics of the Basics" "Options"

Slides used in Presentation by Darko Stošić and Dusan Stošić "Multifractal Behavior of Financial Time Series" [Power Point] [PDF]

Slides used in Presentation by Nutthakorn Intharacha "Dynamic of the Stock Index: The Relation to Linear Spring Equation" [PDF]

Slides used in Presentation by Quinn Wilson "POTUS Tweets and Markets" [PDF]

Slides used in Presentation by Christopher van Hoecke "Dynamics of Skewness in Asset Returns" [PDF]

Slides used in Presentation by Roberto Esteban Fernandez De Cordoba "Phase Based Economics" [PDF]

Slides used in Presentation by Anthony Cardillo "GDP, Debt, and the Health of the Stock Market" [PDF]

Slides used in Presentation by Jessica Allan "Politics and Finance: Brexit vs UK Economy" [PDF]

Slides used in Presentation by George A. Pantelopulos "Do Markets Exhibit Critical Slowing Down at Minute-Frequency?" [PDF]

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Papers from Student Projects:

Chon Kit Pun and Tianchi Chen "A Study on the Foreign Exchange Market"

Alexandros Kyrtsos "European Options Pricing Using Monte Carlo Simulation"

Haichen Zhan "An Empirical Study on Markowitz Modern Portfolio Theory"

Sakib Matin "Geometric Asset Exchange Model"

Efe Yigitbasi "PCA as a Tool for Analyzing the Market"

Jonathan Wurtz "Econophysics of EVE Online"

Jan Makkinje "The Effect of Failure Sites in the Asset Exchange Model"

Sebastian Gemsheim "Time-Lagged Partial Correlations of Financial Time Series with High Dimensional Conditions"

Alexander Becker and Ching-Hao Wang "Quantitative Analysis of Foreign Exchange Rates"

James B. Silva "An Econophysics Approach to Quantifying Teamwork in Scoring in NBA Basketball"

Darko Stošić and Dusan Stošić "Multifractal Analysis of Managed and Independent Float Exchange Rates"

Rashi Verma and Rajita Menon "A Simple Dynamical Model of the Stock Market"

Fangda Xu and Xin Zhao "Generating Function Approach for Simple Random Walk"

Bernardo J. Zubillaga Herrera "Topology, Correlations, and Opinion Weighting in a Stochastic Model of Opinion Formation"

Nutthakorn Intharacha "Dynamic of the Stock Index: the Predictive Model with Relation to Linear Spring Equation"

Quinn Wilson "POTUS Tweets and Markets"

Christopher van Hoecke "Dynamics of Skewness in ETF of the S&P500 Returns"

Chirag Singhvi "Multiple Linear Regression"

Gaoxiang Mei "Information Percolation and Wallet Game"

Shan Huang "Asset-Exchange Model and Wealth Distribution"

Roberto Esteban Fernandez De Cordoba "Phase Based Economics"

Anthony Cardillo "GDP, Debt, and the Health of the Stock Market"

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Slides used in Guest Lectures by Professor Sary Levy "Economics in a Pill" "Economics & Finance Networks"

Slides used in Guest Lecture by Professor Shinan Cao.

"Interdependencies and Interconnectedness in the Global Financial Village" Dr. Dror Y. Kenett Slides used in First Guest Lecture. Slides used in Second Guest Lecture.

Slides used in Guest Lecture by Professor William Klein "The Relation Between Economic Growth and Economic Equality"

Slides used in Guest Lecture by Hiroshi Iyetomi "Frustration in Financial Markets"

Lecture given by Professor Irena Vodenska "Multiplex Financial Network Dependencies"

Lecture given by Professor Fabio Pammolli "On the Growth of Business Firms"

US Government: "Financial Crisis Report" (Courtesy of your classmate Robert Singarella)

Nigel Goldenfeld's tips on "How to get a job in finance if you are a physicist."

G. L. Vasconcelos "A Guided Walk Down Wall Street: An Introduction to Econophysics."

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Pedagogical Resources:

D. Sornette "Physics and Financial Economics (1776-2014): Puzzles, Ising and Agent-Based Models" Rep. Prog. Physics 77, 062001 (2014).

H. Markowitz "Portfolio Selection" The Journal of Finance 7[1], 77-91 (1952).

H. Aoyama, Y. Fujiwara, H. Iyetomi, and A.-H. Sato [eds] "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Economy" Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement 194 (2012).

R. N. Mantegna and H. E. Stanley Introduction to Econophysics: Correlations & Complexity in Finance (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2000).

J.-P. Bouchaud and M. Potters Theory of Financial Risks: From Statistical Physics to Risk Management (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2000).

H. Aoyama, Y. Fujiwara, Y. Ikeda, H. Iyetomi, and W. Souma Econophysics and Companies: Statistical Life and Death in Complex Business Networks (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2010).

J.-P. Bouchaud and M. Potters "Back to Basics: Historical Option Pricing Revisited" Philosophical Transactions: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 357, 2019-2018 (1999).

Albert-László Barabási Network Science [Book Draft -- Do not circulate!] (Northeastern University, 2014).

G. D'Agostino and A. Scala [eds] Networks of Networks: The Last Frontier of Complexity (Springer, Berlin, 2013).

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Simulations of Phase Flipping near a Critical Point Simulation 1 Simulation 2

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