The Handbook of Historical Economics

Presents both methods and results of quantitative approaches to economic history

Alberto Bisin (Edited by), Giovanni Federico (Edited by)

9780128158746, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 27 April 2021

1002 pages
23.4 x 19 x 6 cm, 2.02 kg

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.

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

Subject Areas: Economic history [KCZ], Econometrics [KCH], Economic theory & philosophy [KCA], Economics [KC]