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cliometrics
Cliometrics (, also ), sometimes called 'new economic history' or ''''econometric history'''', is the systematic application of economic theory, econometric techniques, and other formal or mathematical methods to the study of history (especially social and economic history). It is a quantitative approach to economic history (as opposed to qualitative or ethnographic).
latent variable
variable that is not directly observed but is rather inferred (through a mathematical model) from other variables that are observed (directly measured)
cliodynamics
Cliodynamics () is a transdisciplinary area of research that integrates cultural evolution, economic history/cliometrics, macrosociology, the mathematical modeling of historical processes during the longue durée, and the construction and analysis of historical databases.
difference in differences
social sciences statistical technique that mimics an experimental research design using observational study data by studying the differential effect of a treatment on a 'treatment group' versus a 'control group' in a natural experiment
Constant elasticity of substitution
concept in economics
regression discontinuity design
statistical method
Hausman test
statistical hypothesis test in econometrics
independence of irrelevant alternatives
axiom of decision theory and various social sciences
synthetic control method
causal inference method
spatial econometrics
statistical term