188 Pages
by
Routledge
188 Pages
by
Routledge
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First Published in 1987. This volume reviews and assesses the literature on the impact of the economic forces on the rate and direction of technical change. Areas covered include the economic of invention and innovation, the evolution of thought and of empirical tests of induced innovation, the evolution of thought and of the empirical tests of induced innovation, the role of demand and supply in... Read more
Introduction 1. Supply and Demand Explanations of Invention and Innovation 2. Induced Innovation and Factor Biases 3. The Adoption and Diffusion of Innovations 4. Conclusion
Biography
Vernon W. Ruttan is Regents Professor at the University of Minnesota. Colin Thirtle is based at the Department of Economics at the University of Reading, UK.
