Overview
- Combines both creativity and rigor in economic research
- Showcases the versatility of the author's thought
- Includes the commentary and reactions by other economists to the author's work
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This book is the culmination of and a collection of distinguished scholar Lawrence Officer’s principal research over 50 years of scholarly activity. The collection consists primarily of three topics on which the author has spent the major part of his research: purchasing power parity, standard of living, and monetary standards. There is also a unique chapter on economics and economic history in science fiction. This volume is ideal for academics, graduate and undergraduate students, and practitioners.
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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Purchasing Power Parity: Origin and Use
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Purchasing Power Parity: Empirical Studies
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Standard of Living
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Fixed-Rate Monetary Standards
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Reviews
“Throughout the book, Officer is a happy warrior whose enthusiasm for history and economics is infectious. … it should be read by anybody interested in PPP or in U.S and British monetary history. Most certainly, it should be read by those who use the long-run data series he creates. Outside of these areas it can be read with pleasure by those of us who enjoy seeing a master craftsman at work.” (John Devereux, EH Net, eh.net, July, 2023)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Lawrence H. Officer is a Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Among his many publications are three other books published by Palgrave: A New Balance of Payments for the United States, 1790-1919 (2021); Everyday Economics (2009); and Two Centuries of Compensation for U.S. Production Workers in Manufacturing (2009).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Essays in Economic History
Book Subtitle: Purchasing Power Parity, Standard of Living, and Monetary Standards
Authors: Lawrence H. Officer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95925-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-95924-1Published: 06 October 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-95927-2Published: 07 October 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-95925-8Published: 05 October 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVII, 542
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Economic History, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics