| Description |
xx, 201 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Economics, cognition, and society |
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Economics, cognition, and society.
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| Contents |
1. Positive Feedbacks in the Economy -- 2. Competing Technologies, Increasing Returns, and Lock-In by Historical Small Events -- 3. Path-Dependent Processes and the Emergence of Macrostructure / W. Brian Arthur, Yuri M. Ermoliev and Yuri M. Kaniovski -- 4. Industry Location Patterns and the Importance of History -- 5. Information Contagion / W. Brian Arthur and David A. Lane -- 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 Returns / W. Brian Arthur and Andrzej Ruszczynski -- 10. Strong Laws for a Class of Path-Dependent Stochastic Processes / W. Brian Arthur, Yuri M. Ermoliev and Yuri M. Kaniovski |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Economic development -- Mathematical models.
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Economics, Mathematical.
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Economies of scale -- Mathematical models.
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| LC no. |
94009127 |
| ISBN |
0472064967 |
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0472094963 |
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