Economic History from an Empirical Perspective

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This class will consider a diverse set of topics in economic history. The focus of the class will be on "Cliometrics" or how economists use statistics and statistical models to answer important questions in the discipline. The topics will range from the rapid decline in mortality since the 1850s, the role of health in development, the rise of financial markets and the institution of the Federal Reserve System, the Depression and the New Deal, and the importance of institutions for economic development.