The IT revolution and productivity growth in Japan

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 362-389

  Miyagawa, Tsutomu ^a,b   Ito, Yukiko ^b   Harada, Nobuyuki ^c  

^a GAKUSHUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Japan Center for Economic Research   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Capital deepening; Growth accounting; Information technology; IT investment; Japan; Network externalities; Reallocation effect; Spillover effect; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344689279     PISSN: 08891583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2004.01.002     Document Type: Article

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