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Path Dependence

Scott E. Page, Center for the Study of Complex Systems, University of Michigan, spage@umich.edu
 
Suggested Citation
Scott E. Page (2006), "Path Dependence", Quarterly Journal of Political Science: Vol. 1: No. 1, pp 87-115. http://dx.doi.org/10.1561/100.00000006

Publication Date: 01 Jan 2006
© 2006 now Publishers
 
Subjects
Formal modelling,  Political organizations
 

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In this article:
Common Misunderstandings 
Dynamic Processes 
The Ball and Urn Models 
Summary of Urn Models 
A Model with Externalities 
Concluding Thoughts 
Appendix 
References 

Abstract

I eat my peas with honey. I've done it all my life. It makes 'em taste quite funny, but it keeps them on the knife.

– an old Bostonian jump roping rhyme.

DOI:10.1561/100.00000006