A General Purpose Technology at Work: The Corliss Steam Engine in the late 19th Century US
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- Trajtenberg, Manuel & Rosenberg, Nathan, 2001. "A General Purpose Technology at Work: The Corliss Steam Engine in the Late 19th Century," CEPR Discussion Papers 3008, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Rosenberg, N. & Trajtenberg, M., 2001. "A General Purpose Technology at Work: The Corliss Steam Engine in the late 19th Century US," Papers 2001-27, Tel Aviv.
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- N11 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
- N61 - Economic History - - Manufacturing and Construction - - - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-INO-2001-10-01 (Innovation)
- NEP-MIC-2001-10-01 (Microeconomics)
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