Annual Cliometrics Conferences

9515252 Williamson这项奖助金为年度Cliometric会议提供了新的支持。该项目支持1997年、1998年和1999年的计量学会议。会议的地点每年都会改变。会议地点将从提供举办Cliometric会议的几所大学的名单中选择。世纪60年代，计量学领域从几个领域的研究兴趣发展而来；最显著的是经济学、历史学和统计学，但也借鉴了人口学、政治学和社会学。它的重点是将经济理论和定量分析应用于经济史上广泛的问题。会议的目的有两方面：一是鼓励该行业的新成员，二是为该领域当前的研究提供一个讨论和反馈的机会。以往各次会议的记录表明，这两个目标都已实现。自1985年以来，在计量学会议上发表的224篇论文中，173篇（占77%）在同一时期只发表了一篇论文。在1995年的会议上，75%的演讲者是第一次发言。许多第一次参加会议的人认为，邀请新老学者的做法非常有价值，他们通过这些会议找到了顾问、导师和研究合作者。与此同时，计量学会议已成为经济史领域所有主要辩论和发展的论坛，并一贯鼓励开发新的和更好的数据库。该领域的大量重要工作是在计量学会议上首次提出的。在90年代至今召开的六次会议中，出现了三大专题领域，约占入选论文的三分之一。首先是劳动力、商品和所有因素的市场整合的时机和程度，这些因素伴随着对资本市场整合的持续兴趣。第二是对公共财政和公共支出的政治经济学进行定量研究。第三是对更广泛意义上的政治经济学的分析：对法律体系、财产权和政治本身的分析。

9515252 Williamson This grant provides renewed support for the annual Cliometric Conferences. This project supports the 1997, 1998, and 1999 Cliometric Conferences. The venue of the conference changes annually. Conference sites will be selected from a list of several universities offering to host Cliometric Conferences. The field of cliometrics evolved in the 1960s from research interests in several fields; most notably economics, history, and statistics, but drawing also on demography, political science, and sociology. Its focus has been on the application of economic theory and quantitative analysis to a wide range of problems in economic history. The intent of the Cliometric Conference is two-fold: to encourage new members of the profession and to provide an opportunity for discussion and feedback on current research in the field. The record of previous Conferences indicates that both goals have been met. Of the 224 paper- presenters at Cliometrics Conferences since 1985, 173, or 77 percent, presented but a single paper in that period. At the 1995 conference, 75 percent of the presenters were first-time presenters. The practice of inviting a mix of new and established scholars is considered extremely valuable by many first-time attendees, who have discovered advisors, mentors and research collaborators through these conferences. At the same time, Cliometrics Conferences have served as a forum for all major debates and developments in the field of economic history and have consistently encouraged the development of new and better data bases. A large number of important works in the field were first presented at Cliometrics Conferences. In the six conferences held so far in the 1990s, three major topical areas are emerging, accounting for about a third of the papers selected. First is the timing and extent of market integration for labor, commodities, and all factors to accompany the continuing interest in capital market integration. Second is quantitative study of the political economy of public finance and of public spending. Third is analysis of political economy in a broader sense: of legal systems, of property rights, and politics itself.