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Path (computing)EconomicsPath dependenceComputer scienceNeoclassical economics
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W. Brian Arthur
(1994).
Increasing Returns and Path Dependence in the Economy.
University of Michigan Press eBooks
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https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.10029
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