02527nam 2200601Ia 450 991081689860332120200520144314.01-282-42357-697866124235740-472-02240-7(CKB)2520000000006835(EBL)3414561(OCoLC)593250105(SSID)ssj0000338980(PQKBManifestationID)11266343(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000338980(PQKBWorkID)10299372(PQKB)10925003(MiAaPQ)EBC3414561(EXLCZ)99252000000000683519940224d1994 ub 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrIncreasing returns and path dependence in the economy /W. Brian Arthur ; with a foreword by Kenneth J. Arrow1st ed.Ann Arbor University of Michigan Press19941 online resource (225 p.)Economics, cognition, and societyDescription based upon print version of record.0-472-06496-7 Includes bibliographical references.Contents ; Foreword ; Preface ; Acknowledgments ; 1. Positive Feed backs in the Economy ; 2. Competing Technologies, Increasing Returns, and Lock-in By Historical Small Events; 3. Path-Dependent Processes and the Emergence of Macrostructure ; 4. Industry Location Patterns and the Importance of History; 5. Information Contagion ; 6. Urban Systems And Historical Path Dependence; 7. Self-Reinforcing Mechanisms in Economics ; 8. Path Dependence, Self-Reinforcement, and Human Learning; 9. Strategic Pricing in Markets with Increasing Returns10. Strong Laws for a Class of Path-Dependent Stochastic ProcessesPioneering work on an important new approach to economics.Economics, cognition, and society.Economic developmentMathematical modelsEconomics, MathematicalEconomies of scaleMathematical modelsEconomic developmentMathematical models.Economics, Mathematical.Economies of scaleMathematical models.330/.01/51Arthur W. Brian121787MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816898603321Increasing returns and path dependence in the economy500966UNINA