This presentation is part of: F49-2 How Does "Econophysics" Interpret the Current Economic and Financial Crisis?

A Quantum Statistical Approach to Simplified Stock Markets

Fabio Bagarello, Ph.D, Dipartimento di Metodi e Modelli Matematici, Università degli Studi Di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Palermo, 90128, Italy

We use standard perturbation techniques originally formulated in quantum (statistical) mechanics in the analysis of a toy model of a stock market which is given in terms of bosonic operators. In particular we discuss the probability of transition from a given value of the portfolio of a certain trader to a different one. This computation  can also be carried out using some kind of Feynman graphs adapted to the present context.