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The aim ofthe BETA-Workshop in Historical Economics is to outline some of the new devicesbeing employed, at an international level, in cliometrics – the use of economictheory in general and model building in particular, the reliance uponquantification to buttress those models with historical data, the use of thehistorical discourse, and the use of statistical theory and econometrics tocombine models with data in a single consistent explanation.The cliometricmodels are powerful in part because of their internal consistency, in partbecause, combined with statistical and econometric techniques, they can assureconsistency between available data (quantification) and the causal assertions embeddedin the model, in part because they may facilitate the derivation of conclusionsnot intuitively obvious from the outset (counterfactual speculation). BETA-WORKSHOP INHISTORICAL ECONOMICS 20-21 May 2005BETA, UMR 7522 CNRS-Université Louis Pasteur de StrasbourgFaculté des Sciences Economiques et de GestionPôle Européende Gestion et d’Economie61, Avenue de la Forêt Noire, 67085 Strasbourg Cedex, France Friday, 20May 9.00-9.10        LLERENA Patrick (BETA): Welcome Address.9.10-9.30        DIEBOLT Claude (BETA): Cliometrics Showsits Teeth!Session 1 – Chair: DOS SANTOS FERREIRA Rodolphe (BETA).9.30-10.15      DAVID Paul (Université de Stanford): EconomicHistory and Historical Economics&#61630;Twenty Years after QWERTY.10.15-11.00    HAU Michel (Université Marc Bloch deStrasbourg): What Economics Could Learn From History: Some Examples. 11.00-11.15    Coffee Break. Session 2 –Chair: DAVID Paul (Université de Stanford).11.15-12.00    BATEN Jörg &#38; LABUSKE Kirsten (Universitéde Tübingen): Patenting Abroad and Human Capital Formation.12.00-12.45    BRULAND Kristine (Université d’Oslo): ConceptualisingIndustrialization in Small Open Economies: The Case of Scandinavia. 12.45-14.00    Lunch. Session 3 – Chair: HAU Michel (Université Marc Bloch deStrasbourg).14.00-14.45    FOREMAN-PECKJames (Université de Cardiff): Marriage and Economic Development.14.45-15.30    WOLFNikolaus (Université Libre de Berlin), REDDING Stephen (Université de Londres,LSE) &#38; STURM Daniel (Université de Munich): Multiple Equilibria inIndustrial Location: Evidence from Airports in Inter-War and Re-Unified Germany. 15.30-15.45    Coffee Break. Session 4 –Chair: EGE Ragip (BETA).15.45-16.30    SPOERER Mark (Université de Hohenheim): TheLaspeyres Paradox: Tax Overshifting in 19th Century Prussia.16.30-17.15    DEMEULEMEESTER Jean-Luc (Université Libre deBruxelles) &#38; DEBANDE Olivier (Banque Européenne d’Investissement): Qualityand Variety Competition in Higher Education: What Can we Learn from anInstitutional Historical Approach by an Industrial Organisation ModellingExercise? 19.30               Dinner.  Saturday, 21May Session 5 –Chair: LLERENA Patrick (BETA).9.30-10.15      PARENT Antoine (Université Paris 8): Credibilityand Regulation of Bimetallism: A VAR Approach.10.15-11.00    OOSTERLINCKKim (Université Libre de Bruxelles) &#38; LANDON-LANE John (Université deRutgers): Hope Springs Eternal… French Bondholders and the Soviet Repudiation (1915-1919). 11.00-11.15    CoffeeBreak. Session 6 – Chair: DEMEULEMEESTER Jean-Luc (Université Librede Bruxelles).11.15-12.00    SCHULZEMax (Université de Londres, LSE): The Pros and Cons of Non-ParametricEstimation in Historical Research.12.00-12.45    DIEBOLT Claude (BETA): Economic CyclesRevisited. 12.45-13.15    Conclusion.