Path Dependence, Its Critics and the Quest for 'Historical Economics'.

The concept of path dependence refers to a property of contingent, non-reversible dynamical processes, including a wide array of biological and social processes that can properly be described as "evolutionary." To dispell existing confusions in the literature, and clarify the meaning and s...

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Main Author: David, P
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: Department of Economics (Stanford University) 2000