path dependence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpathanddependence
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path
noun[C]
uk/pɑːθ/us/pæθ/
a route or track between one place and another, or the direction in which something ...
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dependence
noun[S or U]
uk/dɪˈpen.dəns/us/dɪˈpen.dəns/
the situation in which you need something or someone all the time, especially in order to continue existing ...
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(Definition ofpathanddependencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Incorporatingpathdependencethus provides a clearer picture of the long-term evolution of legislation.
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Bridges' second claim is that arguments aboutpathdependencedo not capture what is theoretically illuminating in historically-grounded research.
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But not all social scientists agree that an emphasis onpathdependenceenhances our understanding of institutions.
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Arguments about the value ofpathdependenceas a methodological approach have taken place largely on a theoretical, rather than an applied, level.
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In short,pathdependencemakes fast and full structural convergence a highly unlikely prospect.
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In other words, the essential feature ofpathdependenceis not the nature of the outcome.
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Placing a high weight onpathdependenceallows us to make clear predictions.
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Consequently, our model serves as a first step in analysingpathdependencein foreign trade and exchange rate interaction, when agents are heterogeneous.
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Institutionalpathdependenceis an interesting phenomenon, as it explains institutional inertia as a result of past decisions.
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The term "lock-in" borrows from the concept ofpathdependencein problems involving the choice among competing technologies.
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Suchpathdependenceresults in marked geographical variations in party systems and corresponding variations within party families.
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This view also suggests that economics itself exhibits very strongpathdependence.
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Arguments aboutpathdependencedo not constitute some grand theory.
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I argue that the adoption ofpathdependenceby political scientists, sociologists, and historians has undermined the concept's theoretical power.
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I make it clear that in my view theories employing the concept ofpathdependenceare about self-reinforcing processes, not about any specific empirical domain.
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We argue that an analysis that includespathdependenceexplains the development of bankruptcy law more completely than does the standard interpretation in the literature.
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On the other hand, the economic and financial policies which flowed from the free market ideology resulted in a strongpathdependenceeffect.
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