Information technology and the world growth resurgence

German Economic Review

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-145

  Jorgenson, Dale W ^a   Vu, Khuong ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Growth; Information technology; Investment; Productivity

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; GLOBAL ECONOMY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INVESTMENT; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 34247882154     PISSN: 14656485     EISSN: 14680475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0475.2007.00401.x     Document Type: Article

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