Technological Breakthroughs and Productivity Growth
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- Henrekson, Magnus & Edquist, Harald, 2006. "Technological Breakthroughs and Productivity Growth," Working Paper Series 665, Research Institute of Industrial Economics.
- Harald Edquist & Magnus Henrekson, 2005. "Technological breakthroughs and productivity growth," Working Papers 5024, Economic History Society.
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Keywords
electrification; general purpose technologies; ICT revolution; productivity growth; steam power; Technological breakthroughs;JEL classification:
- N10 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - General, International, or Comparative
- O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
- O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
- O40 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ALL-2004-08-31 (All new papers)
- NEP-INO-2004-08-31 (Innovation)
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