| 来源类型 | Discussion paper
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| 规范类型 | 论文
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| 来源ID | DP14401
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| DP14401 Historical Natural Experiments: Bridging Economics and Economic History |
| Davide Cantoni; Noam Yuchtman
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| 发表日期 | 2020-02-11
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| 出版年 | 2020
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| 语种 | 英语
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| 摘要 | The analysis of historical natural experiments has profoundly impacted economics research across fields. In this chapter we trace the development and increasing application of the methodology, both from the perspective of economic historians and from the perspective of economists in other subdisciplines. We argue that the historical natural experiment represents a methodological bridge between economic history and other fields: historians are able to use the cutting edge identification strategies emphasized by applied microeconomists; economists across subfields are able to scour history for useful identifying variation; development and growth economists are able to trace the historical roots of contemporary outcomes, and to identify the ultimate causes of economic growth. Differences in fields suggest differences in scholars' aims of studying historical natural experiments. We propose a taxonomy of three primary motives that reflect priorities in different fields: historians aim to understand causal processes within specific settings. Economists across fields aim to identify ``clean" historical events (in whatever context) to test hypotheses of theoretical interest or estimate causal parameters. And, growth and development economists aim to identify past variation that can be causally linked to contemporary outcomes of interest. We summarize important contributions made by research in each category. Finally, we close with a brief discussion of challenges facing each category of work. |
| 主题 | Economic History
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| 关键词 | Natural experiments
Historical development
Persistence
Causal inference
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| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp14401
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| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物
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| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/543295
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Davide Cantoni,Noam Yuchtman. DP14401 Historical Natural Experiments: Bridging Economics and Economic History. 2020.
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