The handbook of historical economics
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The handbook of historical economics
Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, c2021
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The Handbook of Historical Economics guides students and researchers through a quantitative economic history that uses fully up-to-date econometric methods. The book's coverage of statistics applied to the social sciences makes it invaluable to a broad readership. As new sources and applications of data in every economic field are enabling economists to ask and answer new fundamental questions, this book presents an up-to-date reference on the topics at hand.
Table of Contents
1. An historical outline of the two cliometric revolutions, highlighting the similarities and the differences between the two
2. A survey of the issues and the main results of the second cliometric revolution
3. A discussion of the innovations in formulating hypotheses and statistical testing, relating them to wider trends in economics towards a more data-driven, empirical approach
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