Format:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 228 p)
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ill., maps
ISBN:
9781848449268
Series Statement:
New horizons in institutional and evolutionary economics
Content:
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
Content:
1. Path dependence versus path-breaking crises : an alternative view / Bo Stråth -- 2. Second-degree path dependence : information costs, political objectives, and inappropriate small-farm settlement of the North American Great Plains / Gary D. Libecap -- 3. Revisiting railway history : the case of institutional change and path dependence / Lena Andersson-Skog -- 4. Path dependence in economic geography / Magnus Lagerholm and Anders Malmberg -- 5. The deceptive juncture : the temptation of attractive explanations and the reality of political life / PerOla Öberg and Kajsa Hallberg Adu -- 6. The role of institutions and organizations in shaping radical scientific innovations / Rogers Hollingsworth -- 7. Path dependence and public policy : lessons from economics / Stephen E. Margolis -- 8. Can path dependence explain institutional change? : two approaches applied to welfare state reform / Bernhard Ebbinghaus
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1843761378
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781843761372 (hardback)
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The evolution of path dependence Cheltenham, UK [u.a.] : Elgar, 2009 ISBN 9781843761372
Language:
English
Subjects:
Economics
Keywords:
Evolutorische Wirtschaft
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Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.4337/9781848449268
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