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. – Provides an historical outline of the two cliometric revolutions, highlighting the similarities and the differences between the two- Surveys the issues and principal results of the "second cliometric revolution"- Explores innovations in formulating hypotheses and statistical testing, relating them to wider trends in data-driven, empirical economics
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