Econometric History

The introduction of economic thinking into economic history, overdue in 1957, is largely accomplished by now. What follows is an account for the benefit of non-economists of what has been done so far. The bibliography, long for a book in this series though short by comparison with a complete one, will suggest the scale of the accomplishment. The text amounts to a running commentary on the bibliography: a specialised bibliography of what has been done by historical economists on a particular theme might begin with the citations in the text.

by Shinichi Ichimura (Author, Editor), Soshichi Kinoshita (Editor), Mitsuo Yamada (Editor)

The History of Econometric Ideas covers the period from the late nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth century, illustrating how economists first learned to harness statistical methods to measure and test the "laws" of economics. Though scholarly, Dr. Morgan's book is very accessible; it does not require a high level of prior statistical knowledge, and will be of interest to practicing statisticians and economists.