Can General Purpose Technology Theory Explain Economic Growth? Electrical Power as a Case Study
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- Cristiano Andrea Ristuccia & Solomos Solomou, "undated". "Can general purpose technology theory explain economic growth? Electrical power as a case study," Working Papers 18, Department of Economic and Social History at the University of Cambridge.
- Cristiano Andrea Ristuccia & Solomos Solomou, 2014. "Can general purpose technology theory explain economic growth? Electrical Power as a case study," Cambridge Working Papers in Economics 1404, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge.
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Keywords
general purpose technologies; economic growth; economic history; productivity; long swings;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- N11 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
- N12 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - U.S.; Canada: 1913-
- N13 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - Europe: Pre-1913
- N14 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - Europe: 1913-
- N60 - Economic History - - Manufacturing and Construction - - - General, International, or Comparative
- O40 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - General
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