Methods and Finance (eBook)

Methods and Finance A Unifying View on Finance, Mathematics and Philosophy Part I – The view from outside1Methods and finance. A view from outside, E. Ippoliti.-  2. Mathematical Representation in Economics and Finance: Empirical Relevance and Philosophical Preference Ping Chen (China Center for Economic Research, University of Texas at Austin).-  3Behind the price Barucca P.- F. Lillo. (Normale di Pisa).- 4On the description of financial markets: a physicist’s viewpoint Caprara, S. (Physics Sapienza).- Sylos-Labini, (ISC-CNR & Enrico Fermi Institute).- 5Research habits in risk modelling: the case of non-normality of market returns in the 1970s and the 1980s, Boudewijn de Bruin (University of Groningen) - Christian Walter (University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne).- 6Super-exponential bubbles and expectations: theory, simulations and empirics-Matthias Leiss (ETH Risk Center). Part II – The view from inside7Methods and finance. A view from inside, E. Ippoliti.- 8Contemporary Finance as a Critical Cognitive Niche Magnani L.– Bertolotti, T. (University of Pavia).- 9The Sciences of Finance, Their Boundaries, Their Values, Alex Preda (King’s College London).- 10Quantification Machines and Artificial Agents in Global Finance: Historical-Phenomenological Perspectives from Philosophy and Sociology of Technology and Money, M. Coeckelbergh (De Montfort University, UK).- 11Dark Data: some Methodological Issues in Finance, E. Ippoliti (Sapienza University of Rome).