Product variety and technical change

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 242-257

  Frensch, Richard ^a   Gaucaite Wittich, Vitalija ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b United Nations Economic Commission for Europe   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adoption; Diffusion; Product variety; Technical change

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; CONVERGENCE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; OECD; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION; TRADE FLOW; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

EID: 56349123067     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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