Cliometrics: Past, Present, and Future

Claude Diebolt and Michael Haupert
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Michael Haupert: UW-La Crosse - University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

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Abstract: Cliometrics is the application of economic theory and quantitative methods to the study of economic history. The methodology rose to favor in economics departments in the 1960s. It grew to dominate the discipline over the next two decades, culminating in the awarding of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Economics to two of its pioneers, Robert Fogel and Douglass North. Cliometrics has always had its share of critics, and some have blamed it for the diminished role that economic history has had in economics programs in the 21st century.

Keywords: Cliometrics; Economic history; New economic history; Multidisciplinary; Methodology; Quantitative (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-08-31
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Published in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance, Oxford University Press, pp.19, 2021, ⟨10.1093/acrefore/9780190625979.013.552⟩

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DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190625979.013.552

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