Volumes of evidence: Examining technical change in the last century through a new lens

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 413-450

  Alexopoulos, Michelle ^a   Cohen, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

EID: 79955590730     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5982.2011.01639.x     Document Type: Article

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