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Stephen Stigler's elegant History of Statistics is invaluable for
economist's use of statistics and probability theory through the turn of the
century. Mary Morgan's History of Econometric Ideas covers both 19th and
20th century attempts to explain and predict business cycles. Neither
contains much on price indices. For the latter, see Maurice Kendall- "The
Early History of Index Numbers" reprinted in Studies in the History of
Statistics, Volume II, edited by Kendall and Plackett. Irving Fisher's The
Making of Index Numbers (1922) is the seminal work, but you should be aware
of Edgeworth's work and his article on the subject in Palgrave's Dictionary
as well as Correa Walsh's book cited by Kendall. See also Walsh's article
on "Index Numbers" in the Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. Ragnar Frisch
had an influential paper in Econometrica proving the impossibility of an
ideal index number in Irving Fisher's sense. Recent theoretical work can be
found in books by Franklin Fisher & Karl Shell. You should also check the
articles in the International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, and the
New Palgrave's Dictionary. Hope this helps.
Michael P. Lynch
Arlington, VA
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