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Path dependence

In the social sciences, path dependence is the phenomenon of past events or decisions constraining or defining later events or decisions. It can describe outcomes at a single point in time or to the long-run equilibria of a process. Path dependence has been used to describe institutions, technical standards, patterns of economic or social development…

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related to References · 113
Path dependence → Accelerating Inflation, American Political Science Review, An, Archived, Arrow, Arthur, Boas, Brian, Change, Cheltenham, Chicago Press, Choosing, Cite, CiteSeerX, Collier, Conceptualizing Continuity, Cosma, Critical Junctures, David, Decelerating Employment
related to Economic development · 13
Path dependence → Alfred Marshall, Buyers, Dvorak, Economic, Economists, He, In, Paul David, Paul Krugman, QWERTY, That QWERTY, There, This
related to Institutions · 13
Path dependence → As, David Collier, England, In, Industrial Revolution, Martin Luther King Jr, One, Path, Recent, Ruth, The, There, These
related to Railway track gauges · 10
Path dependence → British, Europe, George Stephenson, Great Britain, His, Liverpool, Manchester Railway, More, North America, The
related to Other examples · 9
Path dependence → Also, Evolution, For, In, Microsoft Word, Placing, Such, This, Thus
related to Types of path dependence · 8
Path dependence → Durand, Liebowitz, Margolis, Only, Technically, They, This, Vergne
related to Videocassette recording systems · 7
Path dependence → Betamax, Sony, The, Three, VCR, VHS, VHS-production
related to Economics · 4
Path dependence → Path, The, There, Therefore
related to QWERTY keyboard · 4
Path dependence → Dvorak, However, QWERTY, The QWERTY
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Path dependence → concept of imprinting which captures how initial environmental conditions leave a persistent mark, phenomenon of past events or decisions constraining or defining later events or decisions, typological vestige.In typography

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Path dependenceis aphenomenon of past events or decisions constraining or defining later events or decisions0.90text
Path dependenceis aconcept of imprinting which captures how initial environmental conditions leave a persistent mark0.90text
Path dependenceis atypological vestige.In typography0.90text
increasing returnsinstance ofthrough mechanisms0.80text
positive feedback effectsinstance ofthrough mechanisms0.80text
or other mechanismsinstance ofthrough mechanisms0.80text
Kathleen Thelen caution that the historical determinism in path-dependent frameworks is subject to constant disruption from institutional evolution.Kathleen Thelen has criticized the application of QWERTY keyboard-style mechanisms to politicsinstance ofScholars0.80text
Path dependencerelated to Conditions which give rise to path dependencePath0.60section
Path dependencerelated to Conditions which give rise to path dependenceDurability0.60section
Path dependencerelated to Economic developmentIn0.60section
Path dependencerelated to Economic developmentPaul David0.60section
Path dependencerelated to Economic developmentQWERTY0.60section

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