Cliometrics, sometimes called new economic history, or econometric history, is the systematic application of economic theory, econometric techniques, and other formal or mathematical methods to the study of history (especially, social and economic history). It is a quantitative (as opposed to qualitative or ethnographic) approach to economic histo...
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the application of statistics in economic history
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(from the article `North, Douglass C.`) American economist, recipient, with Robert W. Fogel, of the 1993 Nobel Prize for Economics. The two were recognized for their pioneering work in ... American economist who, with Douglass C. North, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1993. The two were cited for having developed ... [2 ...
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the study of economic history; the 'metrics' at the end was put to emphasize (possibly humorously) the frequent use of regression estimation. 'The cliometric contribution was the application of a systematic body of theory -- neoclassical theory -- to history and the application of sophisticated, quantitative techniques to the specification and test...
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The use of statistics to measure and quantify the salient elements of an economy. The data produced are sometimes used to construct hypothetical models where one element is removed and the...
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Cliometrics is the application of econometrics to the study of history, a technique developed in the 1960s and 1970s. For example, cliometrics has been used to study the impact of railways on the development of the US economy in the 19th century (and found that impact to be very small). Cliometrics has been described as a method 'born of the marria...
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the study of historical data by the use of statistical, often computerized, techniques.
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