Economics and the philosophy of science

2016

• S. Battiston, J. Doyne Farmer, Andreas Flache, Diego Garlaschelli, Andy Haldane, Hans Heesterbeck, Cars Hommes, Carlo Jaeger, Robert May and Marten Scheffer, “Complexity Theory to Support Public Policy and Financial Regulation: Economic Policy Needs Network Analysis and Behavioral Modeling”, Science (2016). (Commentary/review)

2015

• Peter Klimek, Sebastian Poledna, J.D. Farmer and S. Thurner, “To Bail-out or Bail-in? Answers from an Agent-based Model”, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 50, 144-154 (2015).

• R. Axtell and J.D. Farmer, “Old Economic Models Couldn’t Predict the Recession: Time for New Ones", Christian Science Monitor, Dec. 10, 2015. (Commentary/review)

2013

• J. Doyne Farmer, "Hypotheses Non Fingo: Problems With The Scientific Method In Economics", Journal of Economic Methodology 20 (4) 377-385 (2013).

2010

• Yonathan Schwarzkopf and J. Doyne Farmer, “An Empirical Study of the Tails of Mutual Fund Size”, Physical Review E 81(6) (2010): 066113

2009

• J. Doyne Farmer and John Geanakoplos, “The Virtues and Vices of Equilibrium and the Future of Financial Economics”, Complexity 14(3) (2009): 11-38.

• J. D. Farmer and D. Foley, “The Economy Needs Agent-based Modeling”, Nature 460 (2009): 685-686. (Commentary/review)

2005

• J. Doyne Farmer, D. E. Smith and M. Shubik, “Is Economics the Next Physical Science?” Physics Today 58(9) (2005): 37-42.

2003

• J. Doyne Farmer, “Avoiding Getting Lost in the Wilderness of Bounded Rationality: The Path from Zero Intelligence to No Arbitrage”, Quantitative Finance 3(4) (2003): C64-C65. (Commentary/review)

1999

• J. Doyne Farmer, “Physicists Attempt to Scale the Ivory Towers of Finance”, Computational Science and Engineering (IEEE) 1(6) (1999): 26-39.

• J. Doyne Farmer and A. W. Lo, “Frontiers of Finance: Evolution and Efficient Markets,” PNAS USA 96(18) (1999): 9991-9992.