Nuclear power reactors¶
Cowan, R. (1990). Nuclear power reactors: A study in technological lock-in. Journal of Economic History, 50(3), 541-567.
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- The tension creates a bias toward persistence: lock-in persists not because it is truly optimal but because the visible costs of breaking it exceed the uncertain benefits.
This sourceCanonical case study of manufacturing lock-in: documents how early military investment in light-water reactors generated learning-by-doing and complementary asset configurations that locked out technically superior alternatives despite recognized inefficiency.
- The tension creates a bias toward persistence: lock-in persists not because it is truly optimal but because the visible costs of breaking it exceed the uncertain benefits.
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