Quantum Modelling of Economic and Financial Systems

Vikram Athalye is an Associate Professor of Physics in Cummins College, Pune, India and a TEDx speaker. His research currently focuses on bridging physics and the social sciences. Previously he has investigated the foundations of physics by means of quantum information methods. Vikram has published in several leading journals of physics, including Physical Review Letters. Emmanuel Haven holds The Dr. Alex Faseruk Chair in Financial Management at Memorial University in Canada. He has published in diverse areas ranging from the social sciences such as psychology, economics and operations research, to biology, physics and applied mathematics. He has published several books including Quantum Social Science, Cambridge University Press (2013). He is the co-founding editor of the new journal Quantum Economics and Finance, Sage.

• Part I. Introduction and Background: 1. Underpinnings of Interdisciplinary Inquiry; 2. Elements of Classical and Quantum Mechanics; 3. Elements of Economics; 4. Some Selected Financial Models n; Part II. Quantum-like Modelling: 5. Quantum-like Modelling in Economics; 6. Bohmian Mechanics and Finance; 7. Other Quantum-Like Models in Finance; Part III. Quantum Physics-like Modelling: 8. Motivations and Foundations; 9. Single-Particle Systems vs. Agents – I; 10. Single-Particle Systems vs. Agents –II; 11. Simulations and Interpretations; 12. Future Directions.

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