| Description |
xiv, 510 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Editors' Introduction / Timothy W. Guinnane, William A. Sundstrom and Warren Whatley -- Pt. I. Why History Matters: Path Dependence and Economic Thought -- Ch. 1. Path Dependence and Competitive Equilibrium / Kenneth J. Arrow -- Ch. 2. Path Dependence and Reswitching in a Model of Multi-Technology Adoption / Paul Stoneman -- Ch. 3. Path Dependence, Network Form, and Technological Change / Douglas J. Puffert -- Ch. 4. The Tension between Strong History and Strong Economics / Melvin W. Reder -- Pt. II. Path Dependence in Practice -- Ch. 5. Financial History and the Long Reach of the Second Thirty-Years' War / Charles W. Calomiris -- Ch. 6. Path Dependence in Action: The Adoption and Persistence of the Korean Model of Economic Development / Phillip Wonhyuk Lim -- Ch. 7. Continuing Confusion: Entry Prices in Telecommunications / Peter Temin -- Ch. 8. After the War Boom: Reconversion on the Pacific Coast, 1943-1949 / Paul W. Rhode -- Ch. 9. Standardization, Diversity, and Learning in China's Nuclear Power Program / Geoffrey Rothwell -- Pt. III. Context Matters: The Influence of Culture, Geography, and Political Institutions on Economies and Policies -- Ch. 10. Incentives, Information, and Welfare: England's New Poor Law and the Workhouse Test / Timothy Besley, Stephen Coate and Timothy W. Guinnane -- Ch. 11. Family Matters: The Life-Cycle Transition and the Antebellum American Fertility Decline / Susan B. Carter, Roger L. Ransom and Richard Sutch -- Ch. 12. Building "Universal Service" in the Early Bell System: The Coevolution of Regional Urban Systems and Long-Distance Telephone Networks / David F. Weiman -- Ch. 13. International Competition for Technology Investments: Does National Ownership Matter? / Trond E. Olsen -- Pt. IV. Evidence Matters: Measuring Historical Economic Growth and Demographic Change -- Ch. 14. Conjectural Estimates of Economic Growth in the Lower South, 1720 to 1800 / Peter C. Mancall, Joshua L. Rosenbloom and Thomas Weiss -- Ch. 15. The Value-Added Approach to the Measurement of Economic Growth / Mark Thomas and Charles Feinstein -- Ch. 16. A User's Guide to the Joys and Pitfalls of Cohort Parity Analysis / Warren C. Sanderson -- Ch. 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 / Thomas A. Mroz and R. Weir |
| Summary |
"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.""--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
"The essays collected in this volume were, with two exceptions, presented at a conference in honor of Professor Paul A. David, held at Stanford University on June 23, 2000. The conference was sponsored by the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR)"--P |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Economic history -- Congresses.
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Economic history -- Methodology -- Congresses.
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Economic development -- Congresses.
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Technological innovations -- Economic aspects -- Congresses.
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Population -- Economic aspects -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Festschriften.
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| Author |
Whatley, Warren C.
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Guinnane, Timothy.
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Sundstrom, William Andrew.
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| LC no. |
2003007584 |
| ISBN |
0804743983 cloth alkaline paper |
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