{"product_id":"history-matters-9780804743983","title":"History Matters","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCombining theoretical work with careful historical description and the analysis of new data sources, this volume makes a case for a more historical economics both by argument and example. Seventeen essays use both economic theory and historical cases to explore how and why \"history matters\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“...a book which should be read by every economic historian with an interest in long-run institutional change and economic growth.”—EH.Net\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTable of Contents for History Matters                 Editors' Introduction, by Timothy W. Guinnane, William A.  Sundstrom, and Warren Whatley                 Part I.A  Why History  Matters:A  Path Dependence and Economic  Thought                 Chapter 1.A  Path Dependence and Competitive Equilibrium,  by Kenneth J. Arrow                 Chapter 2.A  Path Dependence and Reswitching in a Model  of Multi-Technology Adoption, by Paul Stoneman                 Chapter 3.A  Path Dependence, Network Form, and  Technological Change, by Douglas J. Puffert                 Chapter 4.A  The Tension between Strong History and  Strong Economics, by Melvin W. Reder                 Part II. Path Dependence in Practice                 Chapter 5.A  Financial History and the Long Reach of the  Second Thirty-Years' War, by Charles W. Calomiris                 Chapter 6.A  Path Dependence in Action:A  The Adoption and Persistence of the Korean Model  of Economic Development, by Phillip Wonhyuk Lim                 Chapter 7. Continuing Confusion:  Entry Prices in Telecommunications, by Peter Temin                 Chapter 8.A  After the War Boom:A  Reconversion on the Pacific Coast,  1943-1949, by Paul W. Rhode                 Chapter 9.A  Standardization, Diversity, and Learning in  China's Nuclear Power Program, by Geoffrey Rothwell                 Part III.A  Context  Matters:A  The Influence of Culture,  Geography, and Political Institutions on Economies and Policies                 Chapter 10.A  Incentives, Information, and Welfare:A  England's New Poor Law and the Workhouse  Test, by Timothy Besley, Stephen Coate, and Timothy W. Guinnane                 Chapter 11.A  Family Matters:A  The Life-Cycle Transition and the Antebellum American Fertility  Decline, by Susan B. Carter, Roger L. Ransom, and Richard Sutch                 Chapter 12.A  Building \"Universal Service\" in the Early  Bell System:A  The Coevolution of  Regional Urban Systems and Long-Distance Telephone Networks, by David F. Weiman                 Chapter 13.A  International Competition for Technology  Investments:A  Does National Ownership  Matter?, by Trond E. Olsen                 Part IV.A  Evidence Matters:A   Measuring Historical Economic Growth and Demographic Change                 Chapter 14.A  Conjectural Estimates of Economic Growth in  the Lower South, 1720 to 1800, by Peter C. Mancall, Joshua L. Rosenbloom, and  Thomas Weiss                 Chapter 15.A  The Value-Added Approach to the Measurement  of Economic Growth, by Mark Thomas and Charles Feinstein                 Chapter 16.A  A User's Guide to the Joys and Pitfulls of  Cohort Parity Analysis, by Warren C. Sanderson                 Chapter 17.A  Stochastic Dynamic Optimization Models with  Random Effects in Parameters:A  An  Application to the Age at Marriage and Life-Cycle Fertility Control in France  Under the Old Regime, by Thomas A. Mroz and David R. Weir        A A A A A A A A A A A","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405550035287,"sku":"9780804743983","price":71.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804743983.jpg?v=1730492797","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/history-matters-9780804743983","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}