Cliometrics

Cliometrics refers to the systematic use of economic theory and econometrics techniques to study economic history.

Related Topics:
Econometrics - Economic history

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The term was originally coined by Jonathan R.T. Hughes and Stanley Reiter in 1960.

Related Topics:
Jonathan R.T. Hughes - Stanley Reiter - 1960

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A group to encourage and further the study of cliometrics, The Cliometric Society, was founded in 1983.

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In 1993, Robert Fogel and Douglass North were awarded the Bank of Sweden Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics partly for their work in establishing cliometrics, in particular "for having renewed research in economic history by applying economic theory and quantitative methods in order to explain economic and institutional change".

Related Topics:
Robert Fogel - Douglass North - Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics

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This term is also sometimes used referring to virtual history.

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