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Applications of statistical mechanics to finance

Zoltán PalágyiH. Eugene StanleyRosario N. Mantegna

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Statistics and ProbabilityFinanceSeries (mathematics)business.industryFinancial marketProbability density functionStatistical mechanicsStatistical financeCondensed Matter PhysicsMarket depthEconomic informationEconomicsFinancial modelingbusiness

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Abstract We discuss some apparently “universal” aspects observed in the empirical analysis of stock price dynamics in financial markets. Specifically we consider (i) the empirical behavior of the return probability density function and (ii) the content of economic information in financial time series.

https://doi.org/10.1016/s0378-4371(99)00395-7