Econophysics & Economics of Games, Social Choices and Quantitative Techniques

The combined efforts of Physicists and Economists in recent years in analyzing and modeling various dynamic phenomena in monetary and social systems have led to encouraging developments, generally classified under the title of Econophysics. These developments share a common ambition with the already established field of Quantitative Economics. This volume intends to offer the reader a glimpse of these two parallel initiatives by collecting review papers written by well-known experts in the respective research frontiers under one cover.

This massive book presents a unique combination of research papers contributed almost equally by Physicists and Economists. Additional contributions from Computer Scientists and Mathematicians are also included in this volume. The book consists of two parts: the first part concentrates on Econophysics problems and the second part stresses various quantitative issues in Economics. Both parts focus on frontier problems in Games and Social Choices.