We present cross-country evidence that a country's macroeconomic volatility, measured either by the standard deviation of output growth or the occurrence of trend-growth breaks, is significantly affected by the country's historical variables. In particular, countries with longer histories of...

The Handbook of Cliometrics is a milestone in the field of historical economics and econometric history through its emphasis on the concrete contribution of cliometrics to our knowledge in economics and history. The articles in the handbook, authored by the leading scholars in the fields, stress...

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...

In dieser bemerkenswerten und zeitgemäße︣n Ergänzung zu seiner Principles-Reihe nimmt Dalio die Leser mit auf seine Studie über die grossen Imperien IBM einschliesslich des holländischen, britischen und amerikanischen IBM und rückt den ?grossen Zyklus?, der die Erfolge und Misserfolge...