Book description
Economics and History
presents six state-of-the-art surveys from some of the leading scholars
in cliometrics. The contributions are all written at an accessible level
for the non-specialist reader and consider a broad range of issues from
this highly topical area.
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Written clearly and comprehensively, allowing easy
accessibility for the non-specialist reader
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Brings together the very latest research in this highly topical
subject from leading scholars
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Contributions cover a broad range of areas within this subject
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The latest publication in the highly successful Surveys
of Recent Research in Economics Book Series
David Greasley
is Professor of Economic History in the School of History, Classics and
Archaeology at Edinburgh University. His research interests include the
construction of national income accounts in historical perspective,
comparative economic development, the Great Depression in the USA,
British industrialization since 1700, and the economic history of New Zealand.
Les Oxley is Professor in Economics at the University of
Canterbury, and Adjunct Professor at Curtin University of Technology,
Australia. His research interests include modelling and testing
theories of economic growth, financial econometrics, intellectual
property, energy economics and cliometrics. He is a founding editor
of Blackwell's Journal of Economic Surveys and sits on the
editorial boards of several international journals.
