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Record Nr.

UNINA9910767544203321

Titolo

Handbook of Cliometrics [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Claude Diebolt, Michael Haupert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-642-40406-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (59 illus., 34 illus. in color. eReference.)

Disciplina

330.1

Soggetti

Econometrics

History

Game theory

Quantitative Economics

Game Theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Family reconstitution data: a cliometric view -- History of cliometrics -- Growth theories -- Cliometric approaches to war -- GDP and convergence in modern times -- Cliometrics and the great depression -- Financial Systems -- Cliometric approaches to international trade -- Time series -- The industrial revolution: a cliometric perspective -- The cliometric study of financial panics and crashes.

Sommario/riassunto

The Handbook of Cliometrics is a milestone in the field of historical economics and econometric history through its emphasis on the concrete contribution of cliometrics to our knowledge in economics and history. The articles in the handbook authored by the leading scholars in the fields, stress the usefulness of cliometrics for economists, historians and social scientists in general. The Handbook offers a comprehensive coverage of topics with each article providing an overview of the contributions of cliometrics to a particular topic. The Handbook sets a new standard of quality in the field by offering a world-wide forum of discussion in cliometrics.