A History of Econometrics in France

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"Philippe Le Gall explains how econometric ideas developed from and were inspired by philosophical worldviews and scientific paradigms from the nineteenth century. He explores the methodology of French authors like Cournot, Briaune and Regnault and demonstrates how they were influenced by the natural sciences of their time, rooted as they were in a worldview where natural order and laws played a central role. As an organized community emerged at the state of the twentieth century, Le Gall shows how these econometric ideas intermingled with new worldviews associated with the complexity of the economy." "This book is essential reading for postgraduate students and researchers in the history of economic thought, economic methodology and the history of science as well as econometricians at all levels."--BOOK JACKET.