Vested interest, population ageing and technology adoption

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 631-652

  Canton, Erik J F ^a   De Groot, Henri L F ^b   Nahuis, Richard ^a,c  

^a CPB NETHERLANDS BUREAU FOR ECONOMIC POLICY ANALYSIS   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Competition; Overlapping generations; Resistance; Technological change; Vested interests

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036838139     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-2680(02)00112-X     Document Type: Article

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