1st Edition
The Economics of Slavery And Other Studies in Econometric History
By John R. Meyer
Copyright 2006
254 Pages
by
Routledge
254 Pages
by
Routledge
250 Pages
by
Routledge
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How are economists and historians to explain what happened in history? What statistical inferences can be drawn from historical data? The authors believe that explanation in history can be identified with the problems of prediction in a probabilistic universe. Using this approach, the historian can act upon his a priori information and his judgment of what is unique and particular in each past... Read more
One: ; 1: Economic Theory, Statistical Inference, and Economic History; 2: Statistical Inference and Historical Explanation; Two: ; 3: The Economics of Slavery in the Antebellum South; 4: Income Growth and Structural Change; 5: An Input-Output Approach to Evaluating British Industrial Production in the Late Nineteenth Century; Three: ; 6: A Polemical Postscript on Economic Growth
Biography
John R. Meyer
