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Development Path Dependency

Development Path Dependency is a theoretical construct in the study of phased development that refers to the phenomenon wherein early-stage decisions or conditions disproportionately constrain or shape subsequent developmental trajectories, thereby producing outcomes that are contingent upon historical pathways rather than optimal, independent redesign.

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Publications

259

The ‘System’ of Automobility

John Urry · Theory Culture & Society · 2004 · 1.4K citations

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Carbon Taxes, Path Dependency, and Directed Technical Change: Evidence from the Auto Industry

Philippe Aghion, Antoine Dechezleprêtre, David Hémous et al. · Journal of Political Economy · 2016 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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How to unlock regional economies from path dependency? From learning region to learning cluster

Robert Hassink · European Planning Studies · 2005 · 465 citations

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<i>‘Don’t call me resilient again!’</i> : the New Urban Agenda as immunology … or … what happens when communities refuse to be vaccinated with ‘smart cities’ and indicators

Maria Kaïka · Environment and Urbanization · 2017 · 438 citations

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Dependency: A formal theory of underdevelopment or a methodology for the analysis of concrete situations of underdevelopment?

Gabriel Palma · World Development · 1978 · 390 citations

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Authors

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  1. DH
    David Hémous

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    3 publications · 1.6K citations

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  2. RM
    Ralf Martin

    London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 1.6K citations

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  3. PA
    Philippe Aghion

    Collège de France, France

    3 publications · 1.6K citations

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  4. AD
    Antoine Dechezleprêtre

    London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 1.6K citations

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  5. JV
    John Van Reenen

    London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 1.6K citations

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Institutions

293

  1. Linköping University

    Linköping, Sweden

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    312 citations

  2. University of Sussex

    Brighton, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    988 citations

  3. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    643 citations

  4. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    5.1K citations

  5. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    282 citations

  6. Delft University of Technology

    Delft, The Netherlands

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    1.1K citations

  7. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    444 citations

  8. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    196 citations

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Venues

  1. European Planning Studies

    8 publications · 1.3K citations

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  2. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 7 publications · 431 citations

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  3. Progress in Human Geography

    3 publications · 482 citations

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  4. Regional Studies

    3 publications · 110 citations

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  5. Environment and Planning A Economy and Space

    3 publications · 224 citations

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