Technology adoption under embodiment: A two-stage optimal control approach

Macroeconomic Dynamics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 250-271

  Boucekkine, Raouf ^a   Saglam, Cagri ^a   Vallée, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Adoption; Embodiment; Learning; Optimal Control

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542628156     PISSN: 13651005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1365100503030062     Document Type: Article

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