Two centuries of productivity growth in computing

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 128-159

  Nordhaus, William D ^a,b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; PRODUCTIVITY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 33947664491     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050707000058     Document Type: Article

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