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Comparaison entre les différentes évaluations du produit intérieur brut de la France de 1815 à 1938 ou L'histoire économique quantitative a-t-elle un sens ?

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[fre] L'histoire quantitative (macro) économique ne se justifie que si elle produit, dans une première étape, des séries statistiques longues de suffisante qualité : c'est la condition de possibilité de la seconde étape, interprétative, avec ou sans modèle économétrique. En comparant les méthodes de fabrication des séries existantes du produit intérieur brut de la France et de ses composantes depuis le début du XIXe siècle, ainsi que les conséquences que peuvent comporter les mal­formations congénitales de certains indicateurs sur la « vérité » historique, l'auteur de cet article veut montrer que l'histoire quantitative n'a de sens et ne peut donner sa pleine mesure que si sa rigueur est à la hauteur de ses ambitions. [eng] Quantitative macro-economic history is only justified if in a first phase it is able to produce long-term statistical series of sufficient quality. This is the precondition for the second phase, interpretative, with or without econometric models. Compa­ring the methods used since the early 19th centtury to produce the existing series of the G.N.P. and its constituent elements for France, together with the possible consequences produced by congenital malformations of certain indicators with regards to historical truth, the author of the present article endeavours to show that quantitative history is meaningless and cannot develop its capacities unless its degree of rigour in no way falls short of the level set by its ambitions.

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  • Jean-Claude Toutain, 1996. "Comparaison entre les différentes évaluations du produit intérieur brut de la France de 1815 à 1938 ou L'histoire économique quantitative a-t-elle un sens ?," Revue Économique, Programme National Persée, vol. 47(4), pages 893-919.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:reveco:reco_0035-2764_1996_num_47_4_409827
    DOI: 10.3406/reco.1996.409827
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