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Social savings as a measure of the contribution of a new technology to economic growth

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  • Crafts, Nicholas, 2004. "Social savings as a measure of the contribution of a new technology to economic growth," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 22554, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
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