cliometrics
/ˌklaɪəˈmɛtrɪks/
noun
- The application of statistical methods and economic theory to the study of history.
- Cliometrics has become an important tool for understanding past economies.
- She wrote her dissertation on the use of cliometrics in medieval trade studies.
- The rise of cliometrics in the 1960s transformed the field of economic history.