Productivity, Technology and Economic Growth

by Bart Van Ark

Book Overview

Productivity, Technology and Economic Growth presents a selection of recent research advances on long term economic growth. While the contributions stem from both economic history, macro- and microeconomics and the economics of innovation, all papers depart from a common viewpoint: the key factor behind long term growth is productivity, and the latter is primarily driven by technological change. Most contributions show implicitly or explicitly that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792379608
• ISBN13: 9780792379607
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.7"