Program Description
Economic history is the study of economies or economic phenomena of the past. Analysis in economic history is undertaken using a combination of historical methods, statistical methods and the application of economic theory to historical situations and institutions. The topic includes financial and business history and overlaps with areas of social history such as demographic and labor history. The quantitative – in this case, econometric – study of economic history is also known as cliometrics
The new economic history, also known as cliometrics, refers to the systematic use of economic theory and/or econometric techniques to the study of economic history. Cliometricians argue their approach is necessary because the application of theory is crucial in writing solid economic history, while historians generally oppose this view warning against the risk of generating anachronisms. Early cliometrics was a type of counterfactual history. However, counterfactuals no longer its distinctive feature. Some have argued that cliometrics had its heyday in the 1960s and 1970s and that it is now neglected by economists and historians.
In recent decades economic historians, following Douglass North, have tended to move away from narrowly quantitative studies toward institutional, social, and cultural history affecting the evolution of economies. However, this trend has been criticized, most forcefully by Francesco Boldizzoni, as a form of economic imperialism "extending the neoclassical explanatory model to the realm of social relations.Conversely, economists in other specializations have started to write on topics concerning economic history.
Program Highlights
In recent decades
economic historians, following Douglass North, have tended to move away
from narrowly quantitative studies toward institutional, social, and
cultural history affecting the evolution of economies. However, this
trend has been criticized, most forcefully by Francesco Boldizzoni, as a
form of economic imperialism "extending the neoclassical explanatory
model to the realm of social relations.Conversely, economists in other
specializations have started to write on topics concerning economic
history.
Entry Requirements
1. Non-Chinese citizens in good health, with valid passport;
2.Above the age of 18 and below 40, and should abide by Chinese law and
the regulations of Sichuan University. They should also respect Chinese
social customs and codes of conduct;
3.With degree equivalent to a bachelor in China or just finished a bachelor from a Chinese university, good grades.
Required Documents
1. Application Form
2. Health certificate
3. Current Resume
Written in Chinese or in English
4. MBA Study plan
Including study purpose, research interest and research plan in brief.
5. Two Letters of Recommendation
Two from professor or associate professor or equivalents, one from company leaders or cooperators
6. Bachelor's degree diploma
Graduation
certificate in languages other than Chinese or English should be
translated into Chinese or English and be certified by notarization.
7. Undergraduate school transcript
8. Passport photo
A recent passport-sized photo of the applicant
9. Photocopy of valid passport
With name, passport number & expiration date, and photo included
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