Subject: BHA: Re: path dependence and critical realism
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 16:26:50 +0100


Hi Altug,

My understanding of the "path dependence" notion comes from the writings of
institutional economics.

If you are interested, relevant new-institutionalist references include
North D (1990) Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance,
Cambridge, CUP
North D (1991) "Institutions", Journal of Economic Perspectives, 5(1),
97-112

Similarly old-institutionalists use the term "cumulative causation" to
describe essentially the same thing. See:
Kapp W (1976) "The Nature and Significance of Institutional Economics"
Kyklos, 29(2), 209-232
Rutherford M (1994) Institutions in Economics: The Old and the New
Institutionalism, Cambridge, CUP
Hodgson G (1993) "Institutional Economics: Surveying the 'Old' and the
'New'", Metroeconomica, 44(1), 1-28
Veblen T (1919) The Place of Science in Modern Civilisation and Other
Essays, New York, Huebsch

thanks for the reference of Fine's paper

regards

Paschalis


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From: "a. yalcintas" <a.yalcintas-AT-chello.nl>
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Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 3:33 PM
Subject: BHA: path dependence and critical realism


> Hi Ruth and all,
>
> I am very happy that you found useful what I sent to you. As you
> asked, I am an economists and doing my PhD at Erasmus Institute for
> Philosophy and Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam.
>
> Maybe I can kindly request some help from you : Does anyone know or
familiar
> with any useful paper or book that makes a critical evaluation of
> path-dependence approach? I have read an article by Ben Fine (from SOAS)
> where he poses himself critical to "critical realism". One of his
arguments
> against critical realist perspective is that Paul David's framework lacks
> realist interpretation and accepting his point makes one get closer to the
> mainstream interpretation. The paper is downloadable from the following
> address:
>
> Ben Fine, "Addressing the Critical and the Real in Critical Realism",
> http://users.ox.ac.uk/~dialogue/documents/ben_fine_critreal.htm
>
> Can anyone suggest me any readings for and against the 'path-dependence'
> idea in economics and political science?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Altug (this is correct!)
>
>
>
>
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