History Matters : Essays on Economic Growth, Technology, and Demographic Change

ed. by William A. Sundstrom, Timothy W. Guinnane, Warren C. Whatley

Combining theoretical work with careful historical description and analysis of new data sources, History Matters makes a strong case for a more historical approach to economics, both by argument and by example. Seventeen original essays, written by distinguished economists and economic historians, use economic theory and historical cases to explore how and why "history matters." The chapters, which range in subject matter from the economic theory of irreversible investment to the nineteenth-century decline in U.S. rural fertility to the English poor law reform, are unified by three themes. The first explores the significance, causes, and consequences of path dependence in the evolution of technology and institutions. The second relates to the ways in which economic and political behavior are profoundly shaped and constrained by the cultural and political context inherited from history at a particular point in time. The final theme demonstrates the importance of integrating economic theory into historical research in the gathering and interpretation of data

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Year of publication:	[2003]
Other Persons:	Arrow, Kenneth J. (contributor) ; Besley, Timothy (contributor) ; Calomiris, Charles W. (contributor) ; Carter, Susan B. (contributor) ; Coate, Stephen (contributor) ; Feinstein, Charles (contributor) ; Guinnane, Timothy W. (contributor) ; Guinnane, Timothy W. (ed.) ; Lim, Phillip Wonhyuk (contributor) ; Mancall, Peter C. (contributor) ; Mroz, Thomas A. (contributor) ; Olsen, Trond E. (contributor) ; Puffert, Douglas J. (contributor) ; Ransom, Roger L. (contributor) ; Reder, Melvin W. (contributor) ; Rhode, Paul W. (contributor) ; Rosenbloom, Joshua L. (contributor) ; Rothwell, Geoffrey (contributor) ; Sanderson, Warren C. (contributor) ; Stoneman, Paul (contributor) ; Sundstrom, William A. (contributor) ; Sundstrom, William A. (ed.) ; Sutch, Richard (contributor) ; Temin, Peter (contributor) ; Thomas, Mark (contributor) ; Weiman, David F. (contributor) ; Weir, David R. (contributor) ; Weiss, Thomas (contributor) ; Whatley, Warren C. (ed.) ; Whatley, Warren (contributor)
Publisher:	Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press
Subject:	Welt \| World \| Wirtschaftswachstum \| Economic growth \| Technischer Fortschritt \| Technological change \| Theorie \| Theory \| Bevölkerungsentwicklung \| Demographic development \| Wirtschaftsgeschichte \| Economic history \| Entwicklung \| Economic development \| Institutioneller Wandel \| Institutional change
Description of contents:	Description [degruyter.com]

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (528 p.) 29 tables, 28 illustrations
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Frontmatter CONTENTS LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS PREFACE EDITORS' INTRODUCTION PART I. WHY HISTORY MATTERS: PATH DEPENDENCE AND ECONOMIC THOUGHT 1. PATH DEPENDENCE AND COMPETITIVE EQUILIBRIUM 2. PATH DEPENDENCE AND RESWITCHING IN A MODEL OF MULTl-TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION 3. PATH DEPENDENCE, NETWORK FORM, AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE 4. THE TENSION BETWEEN STRONG HISTORY AND STRONG ECONOMICS PART II. PATH DEPENDENCE IN PRACTICE 5. FINANCIAL HISTORY AND THE LONG REACH OF THE SECOND THIRTY-YEARS' WAR 6. PATH DEPENDENCE IN ACTION: THE ADOPTION AND PERSISTENCE OF THE KOREAN MODEL OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 7. CONTINUING CONFUSION: ENTRY PRICES IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS 8. AFTER THE WAR BOOM: RECONVERSION ON THE PACIFIC COAST, 1943-1949 9. STANDARDIZATION, DIVERSITY, AND LEARNING IN CHINA'S NUCLEAR POWER PROGRAM PART III. CONTEXT MATTERS: THE INFLUENCE OF CULTURE, GEOGRAPHY, AND POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS ON ECONOMIES AND POLICIES 10. INCENTIVES, INFORMATION, AND WELFARE: ENGLAND'S NEW POOR LAW AND THE WORKHOUSE TEST 11. FAMILY MATTERS: THE LIFE-CYCLE TRANSITION AND THE ANTEBELLUM AMERICAN FERTILITY DECLINE 12. BUILDING "UNIVERSAL SERVICE" IN THE EARLY BELL SYSTEM: THE COEVOLUTION OF REGIONAL URBAN SYSTEMS AND LONGDISTANCE TELEPHONE NETWORKS 13. INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS: DOES NATIONAL OWNERSHIP MATTER? PART IV. EVIDENCE MATTERS: MEASURING HISTORICAL ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE 14. CONJECTURAL ESTIMATES OF ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE LOWER SOUTH, 1720 TO 1800 15. THE VALUE-ADDED APPROACH TO THE MEASUREMENT OF ECONOMIC GROWTH 16. A USER'S GUIDE TO THE JOYS AND PITFALLS OF COHORT PARITY ANALYSIS 17. STOCHASTIC DYNAMIC OPTIMIZATION MODELS WITH RANDOM EFFECTS IN PARAMETERS: AN APPLICATION TO AGE AT MARRIAGE AND LIFE -CYCLE FERTILITY CONTROL IN FRANCE UNDER THE OLD REGIME NOTES AND REFERENCES In English
ISBN:	978-0-8047-6693-7
Other identifiers:	10.1515/9780804766937 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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