Annual Cliometrics Conferences

9515252威廉森这笔赠款为一年一度的客户测量会议提供了新的支持。该项目支持1997、1998和1999年的斜坡测量会议。会议的地点每年都会改变。会议地点将从提供举办客户测量会议的几所大学的名单中选择。计量学领域是在20世纪60年代从几个领域的研究兴趣发展而来的；最著名的是经济学、历史学和统计学，但也借鉴了人口学、政治学和社会学。它的重点一直是经济理论的应用和对经济史上广泛问题的量化分析。斜坡测量会议的目的有两个：鼓励该专业的新成员，并提供一个讨论和反馈该领域当前研究的机会。以往会议的记录表明，这两个目标都已实现。自1985年以来，在计量学会议上的224名论文演讲者中，173人，即77%，在此期间只提交了一篇论文。在1995年的大会上，75%的演讲者是第一次演讲者。邀请新学者和老牌学者的做法被许多首次参加会议的人认为是非常有价值的，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，计量学会议一直是经济史领域所有重大辩论和发展的论坛，并一贯鼓励开发新的和更好的数据库。大量该领域的重要作品首次在计量学会议上展示。到目前为止，在1990年代举行的六次会议中，出现了三个主要的主题领域，约占选定论文的三分之一。首先是劳动力、大宗商品的市场整合的时机和程度，以及伴随着资本市场整合的持续兴趣的所有因素。第二，对公共财政和公共支出的政治经济学进行定量研究。第三是更广泛意义上的政治经济学分析：法律制度、财产权和政治本身。

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.