Natural experiments and causality in economic history: What relation to theory and temporality?
S Bourgeois-Gironde, É Monnet - Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales, 2017 - cairn-int.info
A recent and influential research methodology, mainly endorsed by economists, proposes to
renew historical analysis based on the notions of natural experiment and causality. It has the
dual ambition of unifying various disciplines around a common understanding of causality in
order to tackle major historical questions (such as the role of colonization, political regimes,
or religion in economic development) and of making the analysis of history more scientific.
The definition of causality it promotes—of the “interventionist” type—tends to liken historical …
renew historical analysis based on the notions of natural experiment and causality. It has the
dual ambition of unifying various disciplines around a common understanding of causality in
order to tackle major historical questions (such as the role of colonization, political regimes,
or religion in economic development) and of making the analysis of history more scientific.
The definition of causality it promotes—of the “interventionist” type—tends to liken historical …
Natural Experiments and Causality in Economic History: On Their Relations to Theory and Temporality
S Bourgeois-Gironde, É Monnet - Annales. Histoire, Sciences …, 2017 - cambridge.org
A recent and influential research methodology, mainly endorsed by economists, proposes to
renew historical analysis based on the notions of natural experiment and causality. It has the
dual ambition of unifying various disciplines around a common understanding of causality in
order to tackle major historical questions (such as the role of colonization, political regimes,
or religion in economic development) and of making the analysis of history more scientific.
The definition of causality it promotes—of the “interventionist” type—tends to liken historical …
renew historical analysis based on the notions of natural experiment and causality. It has the
dual ambition of unifying various disciplines around a common understanding of causality in
order to tackle major historical questions (such as the role of colonization, political regimes,
or religion in economic development) and of making the analysis of history more scientific.
The definition of causality it promotes—of the “interventionist” type—tends to liken historical …