Increasing returns, path dependence, and the study of politics

American Political Science Review

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 251-267

  Pierson, Paul ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034336793     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2586011     Document Type: Article

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