Takekoshi, who lost to Nobutsune OKUMA (Shigenobu OKUMA's adopted son) and was defeated in the 12th general election of members of the House of Representatives held in 1915, set up 'Nihon Keizaishi Hensankai' (Compilation committee of Japanese history of economics), and from 1919 to the following year, he published "Nihonkeizai-shi" (Japanese history of economics) consisting of eight volumes.
大正4年（1915年）の第12回衆議院議員総選挙で大隈信常（大隈重信養子）に敗れて落選した竹越は本野一郎らと「日本経済史編纂会」を結成し、大正8年（1919年）から翌年にかけて『日本経済史』全8巻を刊行した。