Patterns of Speculation
Subtitle: A Study in Observational Econophysics
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 13, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780521802635
Subjects: Investment & securities; Probability & statistics; Investments & Securities - General; Investment Finance; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Science/Mathematics; Speculation; Physics; Econometrics; Economics - Theory; Science / Physics; Investments
First sentence: Johann Gregor Mendel was born in Hyncice, in what is now the Czech Republic, on July 22, 1822.
Description: The main objective of this book is to show that behind the bewildering diversity of historical speculative episodes it is possible to find hidden regularities, thus preparing the way for a unified theory of market speculation.