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The Evolution of Measurement Standards

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Swee Hoon Chuah () (Nottingham University Business School)
Robert Hoffmann () (Nottingham University Business School)

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Measurement activities are central to virtually all technical activities including engineering, construction and scientific research. In addition, the standardisation of measurement can generate considerable economies in production and exchange interactions between economic agents. This paper discusses the evolution of measurement standards from the perspective of both evolutionary game theory and transaction costs economics. The paper identifies the factors which influence the contribution that measurement standardisation can make to economic welfare.

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Paper provided by Nottingham University Business School in its series Occasional Papers with number 5.

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Date of creation: 02 2004
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Keywords: Measurement metrology mensuration path dependence lock-in conventions standardisation

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O33 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Technological Change - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes

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