| − | '''Path dependence''' is an [[economy|economic]] condition in which the outcome of a sequence of economic changes depends on events remote in time from each other, especially when those events are heavily influenced by chance. | + | '''Path dependence''' is an [[economy|economic]] condition in which the outcome of a sequence of economic changes depends on events remote in time from each other, especially when those events are heavily influenced by chance.<ref>http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/puffert.path.dependence</ref> |