Evolution of Path Dependence

Edited by Lars Magnusson, Professor of Economic History, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden and Jan Ottosson, Associate Professor, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden

• Contents: Path Dependence: Some Introductory RemarksLars Magnusson and Jan Ottosson 1. Path Dependence versus Path-breaking Crises: An Alternative ViewBo Stråth 2. Second-degree Path Dependence: Information Costs, Political Objectives, and Inappropriate Small-farm Settlement of the North American Great PlainsGary D. Libecap 3. Revisiting Railway History: The Case of Institutional Change and Path DependenceLena Andersson-Skog 4. Path Dependence in Economic GeographyMagnus Lagerholm and Anders Malmberg 5. The Deceptive Juncture: The Temptation of Attractive Explanations and the Reality of Political LifePerOla Öberg and Kajsa Hallberg Adu 6. The Role of Institutions and Organizations in Shaping Radical Scientific InnovationsRogers Hollingsworth 7. Path Dependence and Public Policy: Lessons from EconomicsStephen E. Margolis 8. Can Path Dependence Explain Institutional Change? Two Approaches Applied to Welfare State ReformBernhard EbbinghausIndex