Standout Papers

Competing Technologies, Increasing Returns, and Lock-In by Historical Events 1989 2026 2001 2013 3.8k
  1. Competing Technologies, Increasing Returns, and Lock-In by Historical Events (1989)
    W. Brian Arthur The Economic Journal
  2. Increasing Returns and Path Dependence in the Economy (1994)
    W. Brian Arthur University of Michigan Press eBooks
  3. The Nature of Technology: What it Is and How it Evolves (2009)
    W. Brian Arthur Medical Entomology and Zoology
  4. Inductive Reasoning and Bounded Rationality (1994)
    W. Brian Arthur American Economic Review
  5. Complexity and the Economy (1999)
    W. Brian Arthur Science

Immediate Impact

8 by Nobel laureates 25 from Science/Nature 79 standout
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Works of W. Brian Arthur being referenced

The Nature of Technology: What it Is and How it Evolves
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Competing Technologies, Increasing Returns, and Lock-In by Historical Events
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W. Brian Arthur 5281 2430 957 3051 51 11.2k
Hal R. Varian 7589 3664 1183 4440 148 18.7k
Michael Spence 6738 1264 1068 3409 67 15.0k
Richard H. Day 3098 1036 741 2643 153 10.9k
Paul A. David 6039 1238 377 3743 119 11.9k
Benjamin F. Jones 3745 518 405 1216 66 10.9k
Richard M. Cyert 3311 2299 1022 7359 86 15.9k
Michael T. Hannan 4711 1644 567 7435 107 18.2k
Brian J. Loasby 6748 2049 514 8579 72 16.7k
Eric Maskin 9149 6433 1299 1902 106 14.4k
John Roberts 6864 4611 988 4771 178 18.9k

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