Modelle und Verfahren der Zeitreihenanalyse gewinnen auch in den Sozial- und Geschichtswissenschaften zunehmend an Bedeutung. Zum einen werden immer mehr Zeitreihen-Daten verfügbar, zum anderen wächst die Einsicht, dass in vielen Bereichen dynamische Analysemodelle erforderlich sind, wenn...

Family reconstitution data: a cliometric view -- History of cliometrics -- Growth theories -- Cliometric approaches to war -- GDP and convergence in modern times -- Cliometrics and the great depression -- Financial Systems -- Cliometric approaches to international trade -- Time series -- The...

Abstract Many people consider Adam Smith the first economist to describe the functioning of capitalism. In fact, Smith must be considered less the discoverer of capitalism, but rather as its inventor. The economic laws Smith formulated are institutionally bound to the commercial society, to use...

This edited collection explores the histories of trade, a peculiar literary genre that emerged in the context of the historiographical and cultural changes promoted by the histoire philosophique movement. It marked a discontinuity with erudition and antiquarianism, and interacted critically with...