Which becomes
(Δx)1/κ∼Δt
(Δx)2∼(Δt)2κ
The authors of the linked paper take κ=1/2 and recover Fick's law. In the model of supply and demand, we have
(Qs)2∼(Qd)2κ
The quantity theory of money (κ=1/2) corresponds to standard diffusion. The results in this blog have κ>1/2, which would correspond to "anomalous diffusion" or "superdiffusion". See, e.g. here. Superdiffusion has a tendency to exhibit Levy flights which are observed in markets. However, the analogy is not terribly intuitive. "Time" can go forward (GDP growth) or backward (recession).
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