Mr John Aldrich

John Aldrich

School of Social Sciences
University of Southampton
Southampton
SO17 1BJ

Telephone: (023) 8059 3175
Email: john.aldrich@soton.ac.uk
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Research interests

History of economics, econometrics and statistics

Selected publications

Articles in journals
 John Aldrich 2008 Keynes among the Statisticians. History of Political Economy, 40 (2), 265-316.
 John Aldrich 2008 Comment on S. L. Zabell's paper: On Student's 1908 paper “The probable error of a mean” . Journal of the American Statistical Association, 103 (1), 8-11.
 John Aldrich 2008 R. A. Fisher on Bayes and Bayes’ Theorem. Bayesian Analysis, 3 (1), 161-170.
 John Aldrich 2007 Information and Economics in Fisher’s Design of Experiments. International Statistical Review, 75 (2), 131-149.
 John Aldrich 2007 “But you have to remember P. J. Daniell of Sheffield” . Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique, 3 (2), 1-58.
 John Aldrich and Anna Staszewska 2007 The Experiment in Macroeconometrics. Journal of Economic Methodology, 75(2), 131-149.
 Aldrich, J 2006 When are Inferences too Fragile to be Believed. Journal of Economic Methodology., Vol 13 (2), 61-77.
 Aldrich, J 2005 Fisher and Regression. Statistical Science, 20 (4), pp. 401-417., (ISSN: 08834237)
 Aldrich, J 2005 The Statistical Education Of Harold Jeffreys. International Statistical Review., 73(3), 289-308.., (ISSN: 03067734)
 Aldrich, J 2004 The Discovery of Comparative Advantage. Journal of the History of Economic Thought , 26 (3) , pp. 379-399..
 Aldrich, J 2003 The Language of the English Biometric School. International Statistical Review, Vol. 71(1), 109-131., (ISSN: 03067734)
 Aldrich, J 2002 How Likelihood and Identification went Bayesian. International Statistical Review, Vol.70(1), 79-98., (ISSN: 03067734)
 Aldrich, J 2000 The Jevonian Revolution in International Trade Theory. Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Vol 22 (1), 65-84.
 Aldrich, J 1997 R A Fisher and the Making of Maximum Likelihood 1912-1922. Statistical Science, Vol 12, 164-176.
 Aldrich, J 1996 The Course of Marshall's Theorising about Demand. History of Political Economy, Vol 28, 171-218.
 Aldrich, J 1994 Haavelmo's Identification Theory. Econometric Theory, Vol 10, 198-219.
Working papers
 John Aldrich November 2009 Mathematics in the Statistical Society 1883-1933. University of Southampton, Discussion Papers in Economics and Econometrics, 0919. Southampton: University of Southampton.  On-line abstract, (ISSN: 0966-4246)
 John Aldrich December 2008 Professor A L Bowley’s Theory of the Representative Method. University of Southampton, Discussion Papers in Economics and Econometrics, 0801. Southampton: University of Southampton.  On-line abstract
 John Aldrich August 2006 Keynes among the Statisticians. University of Southampton, Discussion Papers in Economics and Econometrics, 0611. Southampton: University of Southampton.  On-line abstract  On-line article
 Anna Staszewska & John Aldrich May 2005 The Experiment in Macroeconometrics. University of Southampton, Discussion Papers in Economics and Econometrics, 0604. Southampton: University of Southampton.  On-line abstract  On-line article, (ISSN: 0966-4246)
 Aldrich, J March 2005 Information and Economics in Fisher's Design of Experiments. University of Southampton, Discussion Papers in Economics and Econometrics, 0502. Southampton: University of Southampton.  On-line abstract