Antedating of "Econometrics"

[Fred Shapiro]

econometrics (OED 1933)

1931 _Science_ 27 Nov. 534 (JSTOR)  On Friday Section L will meet jointly
with the Econometric Society. ... The president, Professor Irving Fisher,
will speak on "The Scope of Econometrics."

Fred Shapiro


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