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Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement No. 194
Econophysics 2011
— The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Economy —
Proceedings of the YITP Workshop on Econophysics
Ed. by H. Aoyama, Y. Fujiwara, H. Iyetomi, A.-H. Sato
This volume contains the proceedings of the Yukawa Institute for Theoretical
Physics Workshop, ``Econophysics 2011 —The Hitchhiker's Guide
to the Economy— ",
which was held at the Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics (YITP),
Kyoto University, July 15-16, 2011. This counts the fifth in a series of
biennial workshops designed to provide a stimulating environment for
discussion and a forum in which the participants can exchange novel
ideas and insights on econophysics.
Econophysics is a relatively new interdisciplinary field that seeks to
understand the economic activities of human beings from a physical point
of view, by applying empirical investigations based on substantial
amounts of data and continuously exploring the underlying universal
laws of human behavior. Econophysics has emerged as an interdisciplinary
field between economics and physics since mid '90s. Especially, explosive
development in the fields of information and　communication technology
(ICT) at the beginning of the 21st century triggered rapid enlargement
of a community of econophysics scholars. As such, it became necessary
to institute this workshop to discuss recent research outcomes and
exchange new ideas.
The following topics were discussed at this workshop:
- Price formation and prediction of stock markets and foreign exchange markets
- Wealth, income, and growths distributions of individuals and firms
- Complex networks of companies and financial institutions
- Productivity, innovation, and chain bankruptcy in industrial sectors
- Consumer behavior and marketing issues
- Socio-economic phenomena, such as non-equilibrium and/or non-stationary systems
This volume includes twenty-one of the papers that were presented at
the workshop. We hope that this volume will help researchers and
professionals understand novel research outcomes and gain new insights.
We also hope that it enables newcomers to learn about recent topics and
find solutions to new problems. Our wish is that these papers will guide
future research in the field of econophysics.
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