General Purpose Technologies in Theory, Applications and Controversy: A Review
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- Clifford Bekar & Kenneth Carlaw & Richard Lipsey, 2018. "General purpose technologies in theory, application and controversy: a review," Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer, vol. 28(5), pages 1005-1033, December.
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General Purpose Technologies; technological change; patents; slowdowns; surges; growth theories; productivity;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- N00 - Economic History - - General - - - General
- O30 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - General
- O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
- O40 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - General
- O41 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-GRO-2016-12-04 (Economic Growth)
- NEP-INO-2016-12-04 (Innovation)
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