Energy and Institution Size
| dc.contributor.author | Fix, Blair | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-11-10T17:07:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-11-10T17:07:06Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.description | complexity energy human biology institutions hierarchy technology | |
| dc.description.abstract | Why do institutions grow? Despite nearly a century of scientific effort, there remains little consensus on this topic. This paper offers a new approach that focuses on energy consumption. A systematic relation exists between institution size and energy consumption per capita: as energy consumption increases, institutions become larger. I hypothesize that this relation results from the interplay between technological complexity and human biological limitations. I also show how a simple stochastic model can be used to link energy consumption with firm dynamics. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Energy and Institution Size. Fix, Blair. (2016). Working Papers on Capital as Power. No. 2016/04. June. pp. 1-56. (Article - Working Paper; English). | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10315/40005 | |
| dc.title | Energy and Institution Size | |
| dc.type | Working Paper |