Abstract

Pawel Ciompa’s original and forgotten conception of econometrics is compared with Ragnar Frisch’s interpretation of the term. Ciompa conceived of econometrics as being entirely descriptive, facilitating the conveyance of information in the field of accounting. In contrast, Frisch regarded it as a quantitative and empirical approach to economic theorising. Arguments against Frisch’s conception of econometrics have been brought forward among others by Ciompa’s countrymen of the Austrian School. Ciompa’s own conception is immune to that criticism. It is concluded that modern econometrics should be confined to the narrower descriptive character that Pawel Ciompa originally attached to the term.

摘要

将 Pawel Ciompa 最初的、被遗忘的计量经济学概念与 Ragnar Frisch 对该术语的解释进行了比较。Ciompa 认为计量经济学完全是描述性的，有助于会计领域信息的传递。相比之下，弗里希将其视为经济理论的定量和实证方法。乔姆帕的奥地利学派同胞提出了反对弗里希计量经济学概念的论点。Ciompa 自己的构想不受这种批评的影响。结论是，现代计量经济学应该局限于 Pawel Ciompa 最初赋予该术语的狭义描述性特征。