Technological progress, obsolescence, and depreciation

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 440-466

  Boucekkine, Raouf ^a   del Río, Fernando ^b   Martínez, Blanca ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; INVESTMENT; MAINTENANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSACTION COST;

EID: 67650254142     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpn016     Document Type: Article

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