Technology adoption and the impact on average productivity

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 659-680

  Hellegers, Petra ^a   Zeng, Di ^b   Zilberman, David ^b,c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption pattern; Aggregate behavior; Effective input use; Heterogeneity in asset quality; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053479450     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438599.2010.523269     Document Type: Article

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