Invention and Economic Growth.

Invention and Economic Growth.

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1 online resource (329 pages).

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Preface I. The Setting of the Problem II. Patent Statistics III. The Role of Intellectual Stimuli IV. The Use of Important Inventions as a Cause of Further Invention V. Productivity Advance: A Case of Supply and Demand? VI. The Amount of Invention is Governed by the Extent of the Market—The Evidence of Time Series VII. The Amount of Invention is Governed by the Extent of the Market—The Evidence of Cross Sections VIII. The Changing State of Knowledge and the Supply of Inventions IX. The Role of Demand in Consumer Goods Invention X. On the “Inevitability” of Individual Inventions Summary and Conclusions Appendixes A. Statistical Appendix B. Inventors Past and Present C. Important Inventions in the Railroad Industry D. Important Mechanical Inventions in Agriculture E. Important Inventions in the Petroleum Industry F. Important Inventions in the Paper Industry Index

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cambridge, MA, United States : Harvard University Press, 2013.

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