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Technical Progress and Co-invention in Computing and in the Uses of Computers

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  • Timothy Bresnahan

    (Stanford University)

  • Shane Greenstein

    (University of Illinois)

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  • Timothy Bresnahan & Shane Greenstein, 1996. "Technical Progress and Co-invention in Computing and in the Uses of Computers," Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 27(1996 Micr), pages 1-83.
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