Institutional change and the uses and limits of path dependency: The case of German finance

By Richard Deeg. 2001

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Subfields: Finance, Political Science and International Relations

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In Finance

1. Michael Howlett
2. Gregory Jackson
3. C. Lane
4. M. Djelic
5. B. Cashore
6. J. Rayner
7. S. Quack
8. Richard Deeg

In Political Science and International Relations

1. Michael Howlett
2. Gregory Jackson
3. Richard Deeg
4. J. Rayner
5. C. Lane
6. B. Cashore
7. S. Quack
8. M. Djelic

Citations in the corpus

• Overcoming path dependency: path generation in open systems (2007, background): “This idea is akin to the concept of “first mover advantage.” Increasing returns can be explained by high initial or set-up costs, learning and coordination effects, and adaptive expectations, e.g., when actors stick to particular institutions because they expect others to adopt or support them as we”
• The Dependent Variable Problem in the Study of Policy Change: Understanding Policy Change as a Methodological Problem (2009, background): “…types, they should distinguish policy developments that move in slightly different directions over time but never deviate much from the status quo (policies in equilibrium), from those that move in the same (new) direction over time (cumulative change) (Goldstone 1998, Pierson 2000, Deeg 2001).”
• Changes in Corporate Governance of German Corporations: Convergence to the Anglo-American Model? (2003, background): “The number of companies listed on the stock market has increased very slightly as has listing on foreign markets, and the proportion of shares owned by foreign institutional investors increased from 4% in 1990 to 13% in 1998 (Deeg, 2001: 27, footnote 39).”
• Understanding the historical turn in the policy sciences: A critique of stochastic, narrative, path dependency and process-sequencing models of policy-making over time (2006, background): “For detailed critiques see Deeg, 2001 and Kay, 2005.”
• Towards a More Dynamic Theory of Capitalist Variety (2007, background): “For example, in many economies, regulatory reforms now offer distinct new sets of rules for globally-oriented firms, which firms can opt into if they so desire (Deeg 2001; Gilson and Milhaupt 2004).”