Cliometrics Conferences: 2006, 2007, and 2008

国家科学基金会为年度计量学会议和世界计量学大会提供了重要和基本的财政支持。“计量经济学”是经济学为历史服务，历史为经济学服务。计量学领域在20世纪60年代从几个领域的共同研究兴趣发展而来；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、社会学、人类学、考古学和其他社会科学。最近，该领域与硬科学的交叉越来越多，经济学和历史学的论文与解剖学、气候学和生物学相结合。该奖项通过赞助和提供大量资金用于2006年和2007年年度文献计量学会议以及2008年在欧洲举行的世界文献计量学大会，继续支持文献计量学研究。在过去几年中，年度会议的遴选过程一直由一个遴选委员会进行，为期三年。12篇论文是从大约50篇投稿中挑选出来的。剩下的参与者将从提交论文或申请参加的人员中挑选出来。在做出选择时，组织者一直设法避免排他性和党派热情，将自己视为更广泛的知识分子运动的代表，而不是其某个分支的倡导者。特别注意研究生和新学者的出席。新面孔和经验丰富的研究人员的稳定混合创造了一个独特的知识环境，并增加了潜在代表不足的群体的参与。这种形式允许演讲者10分钟，然后是50分钟的激烈讨论和问题。这种形式加强了广泛的研究，并帮助培训该领域的未来教师和研究人员。就更广泛的影响而言，来自NSF的资金实现了几件事。首先，它使一群研究生和年轻教师能够参加他们原本负担不起的会议。资助老牌从业者确保他们履行提前阅读所有论文的义务，并在到达时准备好提问和讨论。其次，提交论文的作者会因为他们的工作而受到“专家”小组的密集曝光，如果没有文献计量学会议，这可能需要几年时间。第三，所有参与者都受益于发现知识渊博、热情高涨的同事。NSF提供的资金支持和与会者提供的专业支持的独特结合，为年轻学者提供了致力于该领域的激励和鼓励。所有在这些会议上提交的论文都在计量学网站上广泛传播：http://www.eh.net/Clio.

The National Science Foundation has provided significant and fundamental financial support to both the annual Cliometrics Conferences and the World Congresses of Cliometrics. "Cliometrics" is economics in the service of history and history in the service of economics. The field of cliometrics evolved in the 1960s from convergent research interests in several fields; most notably economics, history, and statistics, but drawing also on demography, political science, sociology, anthropology, archaeology, and other social sciences. Recently, the field has become more interdisciplinary with the hard sciences with papers in economics and history combining with anatomy, climatology, and biology.This award continues NSF support of cliometric research by sponsoring and providing significant funding for conference and travel expenses for the 2006 and 2007 annual Cliometrics Conferences and also for the 2008 World Cliometrics Congress in Europe. Over the past several years, the selection process for the annual Conference has been performed by a selection committee with a three year roll. Twelve papers are chosen from roughly 50 submissions. The remaining participants are then selected from those who have submitted papers or applied for attendance. The organizers consistently have managed to avoid exclusivity and partisan passion in making the choices, viewing themselves as representatives of a broader intellectual movement rather than as advocates for one or another of its branches. Particular attention is paid to the presence of graduate students and new scholars. The steady mixing of new faces and experienced researchers has created a unique intellectual environment and increases the participation of potentially under-represented groups. The format allows the presenter ten minutes followed by fifty minutes of intense discussion and questions. This format enhances research broadly and to help train the future teachers and researchers in the field.In terms of the broader impacts, funding from the NSF accomplishes several things.First, it enables a group of graduate students and young faculty to attend a conference that 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. All papers presented at these Conferences are widely disseminated on the Cliometrics website: http://www.eh.net/Clio.