Towards a more historical approach to technological change

Economic Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 444, 1997, Pages 1560-1566

  Wright, Gavin ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000365689     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.1997.tb00066.x     Document Type: Article

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