The Evolution of Path Dependence

Edited by Lars Magnusson and Jan Ottosson

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Abstract: The notion and interpretation of path dependence have been discussed and utilized in various social sciences during the last two decades. This innovative book provides significant new insights onto how the different applications of path dependence have developed and evolved. The authors suggest that there has been a definite evolution from applications of path dependence in the history of technology towards other fields of social science. They also discuss the various definitions of path dependence (strong or weak) and explore the potential applications of path dependence in new areas such as political economy and economic geography.

Keywords: Economics and Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
ISBN: 9781843761372
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Path Dependence versus Path-breaking Crises: An Alternative View

Bo Stråth

Ch 2 Second-degree Path Dependence: Information Costs, Political Objectives, and Inappropriate Small-farm Settlement of the North American Great Plains

Gary D. Libecap

Ch 3 Revisiting Railway History: The Case of Institutional Change and Path Dependence

Lena Andersson-Skog

Ch 4 Path Dependence in Economic Geography

Magnus Lagerholm and Anders Malmberg

Ch 5 The Deceptive Juncture: The Temptation of Attractive Explanations and the Reality of Political Life

Per Ola …berg and Kajsa Adu Hallberg

Ch 6 The Role of Institutions and Organizations in Shaping Radical Scientific Innovations

Roger Hollingsworth

Ch 7 Path Dependence and Public Policy: Lessons from Economics

Stephen E. Margolis

Ch 8 Can Path Dependence Explain Institutional Change? Two Approaches Applied to Welfare State Reform

Bernhard Ebbinghaus

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