Cliometrics Conferences in 2000, 2001, 2002

该基金支持2001年和2002年的年度计量学会议，并为来自欠发达国家的博士生和学者提供2000年蒙特利尔世界计量学大会的旅行资助。2001年和2002年会议的地点将从提供主办的几所大学名单中选择。“计量经济学”是为历史服务的经济学，也是为经济学服务的历史。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。计量学是一个研究领域，它的存在归功于美国国家科学基金会的支持。1960年，一小群对制定经济史研究议程感兴趣的学者在普渡大学举行了一次会议。最初的会议发起了一系列由美国国家科学基金会资助的会议，这些会议成为了不仅在美国，而且在全世界范围内展示定量经济史创新研究的论坛。很少有学术会议能同时兼顾目的的严肃性和潜在的亲切性，而这正是计量学会议的特点。原因有二：形式和精神。该表格是文件的预分发，将发言时间限制在5分钟以内，然后进行长时间的讨论。大约有十几篇论文在两个工作日内提交，分布在三个日历日，有足够的时间来讨论每一篇论文。没有正式的讨论者。这些会议规模很小，大约只有40到50人，有一种令人兴奋的“研讨会”氛围，鼓励参与者自由发言。这种精神是艰苦而又尊重的，并通过邀请经验丰富的计量学家和该领域的新参与者来保持平衡的做法而得以延续。提交的论文和其他参与者由一个遴选委员会选出，该委员会由首席研究员和现任和前任会议主持人组成。这一程序有助于保持机构记忆，同时扩大选拔委员会知识分子兴趣的多样性。一个特别的努力是有研究生和/或助理教授在该计划的工作。新面孔和经验丰富的研究人员的稳定融合创造了一个独特的智力环境，国家科学基金会的资助完成了几件事。首先，它使一群研究生和年轻教师能够参加他们本来负担不起的会议。资助已建立的从业者确保他们履行提前阅读所有论文的义务，并准备好问题和讨论。其次，发表论文的作者会从一个“专家”小组获得大量的曝光，如果没有Cliometrics会议，这可能需要几年的时间。第三，所有参与者都受益于发现知识渊博、热情的同事。来自NSF的财政支持和来自与会者的专业支持的这种独特组合为年轻学者提供了激励和鼓励，使他们致力于该领域。

9986169FishbackThis grant supports the annual Cliometrics Conferences for 2001 and 2002 and provides travel grants to the 2000 World Congress of Cliometrics in Montreal for PhD students and scholars from lesser developed nations. Sites for the 2001 and 2002 Conferences will be selected from a list of several universities offering to host. "Cliometrics" is economics in the service of history and history in the service of economics. 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. Cliometrics is an area of research that owes its existence to the support of the National Science Foundation. In 1960 a small group of scholars interested in establishing an agenda for research in economic history held a conference at Purdue University. The original conference initiated a series of NSF funded conferences that became the forum for presentation of innovative research in quantitative economic history not only in the United States, but throughout the world. Few academic conferences offer the combination of seriousness of purpose and underlying geniality which characterizes the Cliometrics Conferences. The reasons are two: form and spirit. The form is pre-circulation of the papers, keeping presentations to a maximum of 5 minutes, with a long discussion following from the floor. About a dozen papers are presented in the two working days spread over three calendar days, giving ample time to discuss each. No formal discussants are assigned. The conferences are small enough--approximately 40 to 50 people--to have a stimulating 'workshop' atmosphere which encourages participants to speak freely. The spirit is tough but respectful, and is perpetuated by the practice of inviting a balance of seasoned cliometricians and participants new to the field. Papers to be presented and other participants are chosen by a Selection Committee, composed of the Principal Investigator and the current and two previous conference hosts. This procedure aids in maintaining institutional memory while expanding the diversity of the intellectual interests of the selection committee. A special effort is made to have the work of graduate students and/or assistant professors on the program. The steady mixing of new faces and experienced researchers has created a unique intellectual environment Funding from the NSF accomplishes several things. First, it enables a group of graduate students and young faculty to attend a conference which they could otherwise not afford. Funding established practitioners ensures that they fulfill the obligation to read all the papers in advance and arrive prepared with questions and discussion. Second, authors presenting papers receive intense exposure for their work from an 'expert' group, which without the Cliometrics Conference could take several years. Third, all participants benefit by discovering knowledgeable and enthusiastic colleagues. This unique combination of financial support from the NSF and professional support from conference attendees provides young scholars with the stimulation and encouragement to commit themselves to the field.