Merger or acquisition? An introduction to the Handbook of Historical economics

Giovanni Federico and Alberto Bisin

No 15795, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: The relationship between history and economics as academic disciplines is methodologically subtle and sociologically contested. If the Cliometric revolution can be characterized as an acquisition of economics by history, the most recent trends in Historical Economics appear to turn this relationship on its head. In this Introduction we read the chapters of the Handbook as a forceful argument in favor of a merger between the two disciplines rather than the acquisition of one by the other; a merger which combines, notably, the detailed knowledge of historical sources, the capability of distilling complex historical processes into a model, and the statistical/econometric skills for identification and estimation.

Keywords: Economic history; Cliometrics; Persistence studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B40 N00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-02
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cwa, nep-evo and nep-his
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