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econometrics

The origin and history of econometrics.

Etymology

Econometrics was adapted into English from the French word économétrie. It was coined by the Norwegian economist Ragnar Frisch in 1926, and can be compared with an earlier German term used in a different sense by the Polish economist Paweł Ciompa in 1910.

Origin: French

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