A proof study of the process of reception and spread of economic thought: How did people receive economics?

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 22330064
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Economic doctrine/Economic thought
• Research Institution: Yamagata University
• Principal Investigator: SHIMODAIRA Hiroyuki 山形大学, 人文学部, 教授 (30282932)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KOMINE Atsushi 龍谷大学, 経済学部, 教授 (00262387) ; FUKUDA Shinji 弘前大学, 人文学部, 教授 (00322925) ; FURUYA Yutaka 東北大学, 経済学研究科, 准教授 (00374885) ; FUNAKI Keiko 武蔵大学, 経済研究所, 研究員 (00409369) ; HONGOU Ryo 関西学院大学, 経済学部, 教授 (80382589) ; MATSUYAMA Naoki 兵庫県立大学, 経済学部, 講師 (80583161) ; KANAI Tatsuro 東北工業大学, ライフデザイン学部, 教授 (90332022)
• Project Period (FY): 2010-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 経済思想 / 受容 / デジタル化 / 量的解析

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project is an attempt to qualitatively and quantitatively categorize the process by which economic theory and thought have disseminated from economic specialists to non-specialists, that is, the general public, through the last 200 years beginning with the formation of classical economics, while focusing the research on the history of economic thought in England. This is the first attempt at applying text-mining analysis to the history of economic thought. We have made clear the process of popularization and dissemination of professional economic ideas through the quantitative analysis on text data including textbooks, magazines, newspapers and popular fables.

Free Research Field

経済学説・経済思想