Technology diffusion and growth

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 602-622

  Luttmer, Erzo G J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF MINNEAPOLIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Imitation; Productivity; Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858008858     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: 10957235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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