Energy and Institution Size
| dc.contributor.author | Fix, Blair | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-11-10T17:07:44Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-11-10T17:07:44Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| 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 scale 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. (2017). PLoS ONE. Vol. 12. No. 2. 8 February. pp. 1-22. (Article - Journal; English). | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10315/40023 | |
| dc.title | Energy and Institution Size | |
| dc.type | Article |
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