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Costly Technology Adoption and Capital Accumulation

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Khan, A.
Ravikumar, B. () (University of Iowa)

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We develop a model of costly technology adoption where the cost is irrecoverable and fixed. Households must decide when to switch from an existing technology to a new, more productive technology.

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Paper provided by University of Iowa, Department of Economics in its series Working Papers with number 97-12.

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Length: 19 pages
Date of creation: 1997
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Handle: RePEc:uia:iowaec:97-12

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Postal: University of Iowa, Department of Economics, Henry B. Tippie College of Business, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
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Keywords: TECHNOLOGY ; DECISION MAKING;

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  3. Aubhik Khan & B. Ravikumar, 2002. "Costly Technology Adoption and Capital Accumulation," Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics, vol. 5(2), pages 489-502, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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