Path dependence

Claudius Gräbner-Radkowitsch and Jakob Kapeller

No 36, ifso working paper series from University of Duisburg-Essen, Institute for Socioeconomics (ifso)

Abstract: This short paper explains the theory of path dependence and clarifies its relation to concepts such as positive feedback or lock-in, arguing that path dependence is a core theoretical element of political economy in general, and institutional and evolutionary economics in particular. We first clarify the core conceptual elements of path dependence, show how it is relevant in a wide variety of problems and approaches, and situate these diverse applications in a common theoretical understanding that can be synthesized as a general mechanism. We then discuss the different ways in which path dependence has been theorized in evolutionary-institutional economics and related schools of thought. Finally, we present some archetypical models of path dependent processes.

JEL-codes: B15 B25 B52 B55 C69 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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