中文摘要：

诺斯的制度变迁理论引介到中国以后,“路径依赖”成为日益流行的概念。但国内对“路径依赖”的认识存在偏差,因此有必要对路径依赖的相关文献进行梳理,对基本的概念进行深入的剖析。本文从经济学的视角出发,简要地回顾了路径依赖理论在不同领域的研究进展并加以评析,以期对进一步的应用研究提供借鉴。

英文摘要：

Since the introduction of North＇s Institutional Change Theory to China,＂path dependence＂ has become an increasingly popular concept;however,there has existed some misunderstanding about it in China.It is necessary to sort out the relevant literature of path dependence,and to analyze the basic concepts deeply.This paper overviews and assesses the progress of path dependency theory in different research fields from the perspective of economics so as to provide some references for further applied research.