150 Years Journal of Economics and Statistics

Frontmatter -- Inhalt / Contents -- Guest Editorial -- Abhandlungen/Original Papers -- On the Shoulders of Giants: Tracing Back the Intellectual Sources of the Current Debate on GDP and Beyond to the 19th Century -- Sustainability of Public Debt in Germany - Historical Considerations and Time Series Evidence -- Recurrent Price Index Problems and Some Early German Papers on Index Numbers -- From the Zollverein to the Economics of Regionalism -- The Relevance of Census Results for a Modern Society -- Celebrating 150 Years of Analyzing Fertility Trends in Germany -- Monetary Theory and Monetary Policy: Reflections on the Development over the last 150 Years -- Buchbesprechung / Book Review

Klappentext

The contributions in this special issue put some spotlight on a few relevant issues in economics and statistics which have been on the agenda for a large part of the last 150 years in all industrialized countries e.g. public debt, price index problems, monetary theory and policy, economic integration, demographic trends. The contributions in this special issue also demonstrate that it might be worth to have a look back to our academic predecessors.

Inhalt

Inhalt/Contents Aus dem Moore, Nils, Christoph M. Schmidt On the Shoulders of Giants: Tracing Back the Intellectual Sources of the Current Debate on "GDP and Beyond" to the 19th Century Burret, Heiko T., Lars P. Feld, Ekkehard A. Köhler Sustainability of Public Debt in Germany - Historical Considerations and Time Series Evidence Von der Lippe, Peter Recurrent Price Index Problems and Some Early German Papers on Index Numbers Feuerstein, Switgard From the Zollverein to the Economics of Regionalism Egeler, Roderich, Natalie Dinsenbacher, Birgit Kleber The Relevance of Census Results for a Modern Society Kendzia, Michael J., Klaus F. Zimmermann Celebrating 150 Years of Analyzing Fertility Trends in Germany Issing, Otmar, Volker Wieland Monetary Theory and Monetary Policy: Reflections on the Development over the last 150 Years