General purpose technologies and economic growth / edited by Elhanan Helpman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Helpman, Elhanan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technological innovations--Economic aspects.

Technological innovations.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 315 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

What requires explanation? / Richard G. Lipsey, Cliff Bekar, and Kenneth Carlaw

A time to sow and a time to reap: growth based on general purpose technologies / Elhanan Helpman and Manuel Trajtenberg

Diffusion of general purpose technologies / Elhanan Helpman and Manuel Trajtenberg

On the macroeconomic effects of major technological change / Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt

The Internet as a GPT: factor market implications / Richard G. Harris

Chemical engineering as a general purpose technology / Nathan Rosenberg

The consequences of changes in GPTs / Richard G. Lipsey, Cliff Bekar, and Kenneth Carlaw

Measurement, obsolescence, and general purpose technologies / Peter Howitt

The division of inventive labor and the extent of the market / Timothy Bresnahan and Alfonso Gambardella

Wages, skills, and technology in the United States and Canada / Kevin M. Murphy, W. Craig Riddell, and Paul M. Romer.

Notes:

A collection of 10 original essays and an introduction.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-262-27522-8

0-585-10826-9