Cliometrics refers to the systematic application of economic theory, econometric techniques, and other formal/mathematical methods to the study of history (especially, social and economic history). The term was originally coined by Jonathan R.T. Hughes and Stanley Reiter in 1960 and refers to Clio, who was the muse of history.==Description== A group to encourage and further the study of cliometrics, The Cliometric Society, was founded in 1983. In 1993, Robert Fogel and Douglass North were awarde… (More on Cliometrics)