Necessity Is the Mother of Invention: Input Supplies and Directed Technical Change

Econometrica

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 67-100

  Hanlon, W Walker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Directed technical change; Induced innovation; Strong induced bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923044707     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA10811     Document Type: Article

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