Essays about: "cliometrics"

Found 1 essay containing the word cliometrics.

  1. 1. Economic Theory and Economic History: A Methodological Review of their Connection in the Development of Economic History as a Discipline

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Jingyang Cai; [2023]
    Keywords : methodology; economic history; economic theory; cliometrics; economic thought; Social Sciences; History and Archaeology; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Throughout the development of economic history as a discipline, the methodological controversy between histographical investigation and formal theorisation from economics proper, explicit and implicit, has been steadily accentuated since the well-known “battle of methods” (Methodenstreit) in the late 19th century. From the impact of theory to history, which marks the emergence of new economic history in the post-war period, as well as the reverse process from history to theory, this thesis discusses how they have interacted and fissured since the "Methodenstreit" and how they can benefit from one another. READ MORE