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.
Written clearly and comprehensively, allowing easy accessibility for the non-specialist reader
Brings together the very latest research in this highly topical subject from leading scholars
Contributions cover a broad range of areas within this subject
The latest publication in the highly successful Surveys ofRecent Research in Economics Book Series
About the Author
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.
