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Is History of Economics What Historians of Economic Thought Do? A Quantitative Investigation

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  • Maria Cristina Marcuzzo

    (Department of Statistics - Sapienza, University of Rome)

  • Giulia Zacchia

    (Department of Statistics - Sapienza, University of Rome)

Abstract

This paper presents a quantitative investigation into the history of economic thought (HET). Building on previous work (Marcuzzo 2008; 2012), we propose an empirical study with the aim of describing the dynamics of changes in HET in recent years, detecting three trends: 1) a sort of ‘stepping down from the shoulders of giants’, namely a move towards studies of ‘minor’ figures and/or economists from a more recent past; 2) the blossoming of archival research into unpublished work and correspondence; 3) less theory-laden investigations, connecting intellectual circles, linking characters and events. Using data from Econlit we show the evolution of the overall publication of het articles (1955-2013) and of HET fully or partially specialized journals (1993-2013); for the latter, by devising proxies which are amenable to quantitative assessment, we demonstrate that there is some evidence to support these claims.

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  • Maria Cristina Marcuzzo & Giulia Zacchia, 2016. "Is History of Economics What Historians of Economic Thought Do? A Quantitative Investigation," History of Economic Ideas, Fabrizio Serra Editore, Pisa - Roma, vol. 24(3), pages 29-46.
    • Handle: RePEc:hid:journl:v:24:y:2016:3:2:p:29-46
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    Cited by:

    1. Dieter Bögenhold, 2021. "Economics in the Social Science Spectrum: Evolution and Overlap with Different Academic Areas," Atlantic Economic Journal, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, vol. 49(4), pages 335-347, December.
    2. Dieter Bögenhold, 2020. "History of Economic Thought as an Analytic Tool: why Past Intellectual Ideas Must Be Acknowledged as Lighthouses for the Future," International Advances in Economic Research, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, vol. 26(1), pages 73-87, February.
    3. Zacchia, Giulia, 2016. "Segregation or homologation? Gender differences in recent Italian economic thought," MPRA Paper 72279, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    4. Maria Cristina Marcuzzo & Ghislain Deleplace & Paolo Paesani, 2020. "Introduction," Post-Print hal-04257050, HAL.
    5. Giulia Zacchia, 2019. "Alla ricerca del contributo perduto: (in)visibilità delle economiste nelle riviste italiane dal 1930 al 1970 (Looking for the lost contribution: Invisibility of Italian women economists, 1930-1970)," Moneta e Credito, Economia civile, vol. 72(286), pages 89-104.

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    JEL classification:

    • B40 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology - - - General
    • B20 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - General
    • A14 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Sociology of Economics

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