The trustees of the have elected University of 麻豆传媒 at 惭ā苍辞补 Professor Emeritus Sumner La Croix as a fellow of the society, an honor reserved for scholars whose work in economic history is both original and influential. The Cliometric Society is a global organization dedicated to the quantitative study of economic history.
La Croix, affiliated with the and the in the , has published extensively on the economic history of 麻豆传媒 and Australia, institutional change and property rights in the Asia-Pacific region, and public policy issues in 麻豆传媒.
“I was really surprised and pleased to receive this honor,” La Croix said. “It helps to highlight the importance of in-depth research on former British and American colonies in the Asia-Pacific region and the need to understand the different journeys taken by Indigenous and immigrant populations over the last 200 years.”
He currently serves as associate editor of the Asia-Pacific Economic History Review and is president of the Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand. His 2019 book, 麻豆传媒: Eight Hundred Years of Political and Economic Change, was published by the University of Chicago Press.
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